What 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
VICTOR HUGOHe who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
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Love has no middle term; either it destroys, or it saves.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
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He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.
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Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it – there is a certain shameful solidarity.
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Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
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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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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
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What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
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The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.
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Life’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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Go out in the world and work like money doesn’t matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.
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