The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
VICTOR HUGOWhat Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
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A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.
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What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
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Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.
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Men hate those to whom they have to lie.
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If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
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What makes night within us may leave stars.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
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The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
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If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
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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.
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