The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.
VICTOR HUGONobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness
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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
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The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
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During a wise man’s whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
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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 would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion.
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The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in.
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A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in – what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
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Love is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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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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Wisdom is the health of the soul.
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