The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
VICTOR HUGOIf I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
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Inspiration and genius – one and the same.
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To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
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Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. I shall feel it.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
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Life’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.
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A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict’s suit or a monarch’s crown.
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Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
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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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Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
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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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Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.
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Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.
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