An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
VICTOR HUGOMen hate those to whom they have to lie.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
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Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin.
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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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Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
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When love has fused and mingled two beings in sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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Inspiration and genius – one and the same.
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