Victor Hugo on greatness
“The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.”
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To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Conscience is God present in man.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If people did not love one another, I really don’t see what use there would be in having any spring.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again & great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering – a hell of boredom.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
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