Victor Hugo quotes - page 10

I see black light (his last words) (Victor Hugo)
Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other. View quote
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What a great thing, to be loved! What a greater thing still, to love! The heart becomes heroic though passion...if no one loved, the sun would go out. View quote
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The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him. View quote
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I think, therefore I doubt. View quote
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So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use. View quote
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Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect. View quote
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Ah," cried Gavroche, "what does this mean? It rains again!... If this continues, I withdraw my subscription. View quote
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Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. View quote
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There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are followed by reconstructions. View quote
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Love is a fault; so be it. (Victor Hugo)
His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own. View quote
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To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee? View quote
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Good actions are the invisible hinges on the doors of heaven. View quote
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People weighed down with troubles do not look back; they know only too well that misfortune stalks them. View quote
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Of all the things that God has made, the human heart is the one which sheds the most light, alas! and the most darkness. View quote
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Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves. View quote
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The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome - this orphan, this foundling, this outcast. View quote
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If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire had not Peru in his pocket; and besides, America was not yet discovered. (p. 66) View quote
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France is great because she is France. View quote
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Sometimes he used a spade in his garden, and sometimes he read and wrote. He had but one name for these two kinds of labor; he called them gardening. ‘The Spirit is a garden,' said he. (Victor Hugo)
where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? View quote
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True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do. View quote
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A breath of Paris preserves the soul. View quote
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Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit. View quote
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