Victor Hugo quotes - page 4

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 Hugo)
Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
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There shall be no slavery of the mind.
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Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.
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I have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning.
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Not seeing people permits one to attribute to them all possible perfections.
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Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other.
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If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
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My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are only bad farmers.
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Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.
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Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind. (Victor Hugo)
He did not study God; he was dazzled by him.
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And do you know Monsieur Marius? I believe I was a little in love with you.
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God knows better than we do what we need.
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The realities of life do not allow themselves to be forgotten.
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This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown.
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What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another.
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A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.
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She loved with so much passion as she loved with ignorance. She did not know whether it were good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary or accidental, eternal or transitory, permitted or prohibited: she loved.
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One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean.
Victor Hugo
Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air, looked in the direction whence the shot came, and began to sing. (Victor Hugo)
You are adorable, mademoiselle. I study your feet with the microscope and your soul with the telescope.
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The earth is a great piece of stupidity.
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It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the false aim of life, happiness, we forget the true aim, duty!
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To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.
Victor Hugo