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Victor Hugo quotes: Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
Victor Hugo quotes: Is it not the best pity, when a man has a sore point, not to touch it at all? Is it not the best pity, when a man has a sore point, not to touch it at all?
Victor Hugo quotes: My fellow, you strike me at present as being situated in the moon, kingdom of dream, province of illusion, capital: Soap-Bubble. My fellow, you strike me at present as being situated in the moon, kingdom of dream, province of illusion, capital: Soap-Bubble.
Victor Hugo quotes: It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like. It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
Victor Hugo quotes: The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised. The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
Victor Hugo quotes: Love resembles a tree: it bends under its own weight, deeply rooted in our being and sometimes turns green in the ruins of a heart. Love resembles a tree: it bends under its own weight, deeply rooted in our being and sometimes turns green in the ruins of a heart.
Victor Hugo quotes: When one is at the end of one's life, to die means to go away; when one is at the beginning of it, to go away means to die. When one is at the end of one's life, to die means to go away; when one is at the beginning of it, to go away means to die.
Victor Hugo quotes: In principle any revolt strengthens the government it fails to overthrow. In principle any revolt strengthens the government it fails to overthrow.
Victor Hugo quotes: To have debts is to possess something. To have debts is to possess something.
Victor Hugo quotes: The ox suffers, the cart complains. The ox suffers, the cart complains.
Victor Hugo quotes: Part 1A Just Man Part 1
A Just Man
Victor Hugo quotes: Men become accustomed to poison by degrees Men become accustomed to poison by degrees
Victor Hugo quotes: Is it not when the fall is the lowest that charity ought to be the greatest? Is it not when the fall is the lowest that charity ought to be the greatest?
Victor Hugo quotes: We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are. We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are.
Victor Hugo quotes: The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness. The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.
Victor Hugo quotes: I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary. I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.
Victor Hugo quotes: All that he might have felt of love in his entire life melted into a sort of ineffable radiance. All that he might have felt of love in his entire life melted into a sort of ineffable radiance.
Victor Hugo quotes: Poetry contains philosophy as the soul contains reason. Poetry contains philosophy as the soul contains reason.
Victor Hugo quotes: Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves. Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves.
Victor Hugo quotes: But you must have a lady"s maid.""Don't I have Marius? But you must have a lady"s maid."
"Don't I have Marius?
Victor Hugo quotes: The world is the expanding Greece and Greece is the shrinking world. The world is the expanding Greece and Greece is the shrinking world.
Victor Hugo quotes: Whom man kill, God restores to life; whom the brothers pursue the Father redeems. Pray and believe and go onward into life. You Father is there. Whom man kill, God restores to life; whom the brothers pursue the Father redeems. Pray and believe and go onward into life. You Father is there.
Victor Hugo quotes: If you don't build castles in the air you won't build anything on the ground. If you don't build castles in the air you won't build anything on the ground.
Victor Hugo quotes: It was a garbage heap, and it was Sinai. It was a garbage heap, and it was Sinai.
Victor Hugo quotes: My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo
Victor Hugo quotes: flaps and buttons. She concealed her gray hair flaps and buttons. She concealed her gray hair
Victor Hugo quotes: To see nothing of a person makes it possible to credit him with all the perfection. To see nothing of a person makes it possible to credit him with all the perfection.
Victor Hugo quotes: There are things stronger than the strongest man ... There are things stronger than the strongest man ...
Victor Hugo quotes: Social prosperity means man happy, the citizen free, the nation great. Social prosperity means man happy, the citizen free, the nation great.
Victor Hugo quotes: Desiring always to be in mourning, he clothed himself with night. Desiring always to be in mourning, he clothed himself with night.
Victor Hugo quotes: If you are a stone, be adamant; if you are a plant, be the sensitive plant; if you are a man, be love. If you are a stone, be adamant; if you are a plant, be the sensitive plant; if you are a man, be love.
Victor Hugo quotes: Nothing is more dangerous than discontinued labor; it is habit lost. A habit easy to abandon, difficult to resume. Nothing is more dangerous than discontinued labor; it is habit lost. A habit easy to abandon, difficult to resume.
Victor Hugo quotes: CHAPTER VIII - PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING CHAPTER VIII - PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING
Victor Hugo quotes: Blind is he who will not see! Blind is he who will not see!
Victor Hugo quotes: To be wicked does not insure prosperity - for the inn did not succeed well. To be wicked does not insure prosperity - for the inn did not succeed well.
Victor Hugo quotes: Serious men," "grave persons" and "reasonable people"; favorite locutions of our sad world where egotism takes its word of command from pedantry Serious men," "grave persons" and "reasonable people"; favorite locutions of our sad world where egotism takes its word of command from pedantry
Victor Hugo quotes: A war between Europeans is a civil war. A war between Europeans is a civil war.
Victor Hugo quotes: Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.
Victor Hugo quotes: A house is built of logs and stone, of tiles and posts and piers; a home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years. A house is built of logs and stone, of tiles and posts and piers; a home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years.
Victor Hugo quotes: Dying is nothing. What's terrible is not to live. Dying is nothing. What's terrible is not to live.
Victor Hugo quotes: The beautiful is just as useful as the useful. The beautiful is just as useful as the useful.
Victor Hugo quotes: Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing. Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.
Victor Hugo quotes: The learned man knows that he is ignorant. The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
Victor Hugo quotes: Words being but a breath, the stir of awakened minds is like the rustling of leaves. Words being but a breath, the stir of awakened minds is like the rustling of leaves.
Victor Hugo quotes: To-morrow fulfils its work irresistibly, and it is already fulfilling it to-day. It To-morrow fulfils its work irresistibly, and it is already fulfilling it to-day. It
Victor Hugo quotes: Winter changes the water of heaven and the heart of man into a stone. Winter changes the water of heaven and the heart of man into a stone.
Victor Hugo quotes: But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men. But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men.
Victor Hugo quotes: Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings. Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.
Victor Hugo quotes: When a man does wrong, he should do all the wrong he can; it is madness to stop half-way in crime! When a man does wrong, he should do all the wrong he can; it is madness to stop half-way in crime!
Victor Hugo quotes: It is painful to break the sad links to the past It is painful to break the sad links to the past
Victor Hugo quotes: Not being heard is no reason for silence. Not being heard is no reason for silence.
Victor Hugo quotes: The presence of angels is an announcement of Paradise. The presence of angels is an announcement of Paradise.
Victor Hugo quotes: I'm religiously opposed to religion. I'm religiously opposed to religion.
Victor Hugo quotes: The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them. The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.
Victor Hugo quotes: As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly. As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.
Victor Hugo quotes: A great artist is a great man in a great child. A great artist is a great man in a great child.
Victor Hugo quotes: As long as ignorance and misery exist in the world, books like the one you are about to read are, perhaps, not entirely useless As long as ignorance and misery exist in the world, books like the one you are about to read are, perhaps, not entirely useless
Victor Hugo quotes: Nothing oppresses the heart like symmetry. Nothing oppresses the heart like symmetry.
Victor Hugo quotes: Slaying wealth is not the same thing as dividing it. Slaying wealth is not the same thing as dividing it.
Victor Hugo quotes: Faith is necessary to men; woe to him who believes in nothing! Faith is necessary to men; woe to him who believes in nothing!
Victor Hugo quotes: Everything bows to success, even grammar. Everything bows to success, even grammar.
Victor Hugo quotes: Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter. Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter.
Victor Hugo quotes: There are instincts which respond to all the chance meetings in life. The little girl was not afraid. There are instincts which respond to all the chance meetings in life. The little girl was not afraid.
Victor Hugo quotes: What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past. What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
Victor Hugo quotes: Was it possible that Napoleon should have won that battle? We answer No. Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No. Because of God. Was it possible that Napoleon should have won that battle? We answer No. Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No. Because of God.
Victor Hugo quotes: Because things are not agreeable," said Jean Valjean, "that is no reason for being unjust towards God. Because things are not agreeable," said Jean Valjean, "that is no reason for being unjust towards God.
Victor Hugo quotes: It is nothing to die; it is horrible not to live. It is nothing to die; it is horrible not to live.
Victor Hugo quotes: If no one loved, the sun would go out. If no one loved, the sun would go out.
Victor Hugo quotes: I don't want your money," said she. I don't want your money," said she.
Victor Hugo quotes: If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother. If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.
Victor Hugo quotes: If God had intended that man should go backward, he would have given him eyes in the back of his head. If God had intended that man should go backward, he would have given him eyes in the back of his head.
Victor Hugo quotes: In every cradle decked with rosy wreath Lurk germs of death. In every cradle decked with rosy wreath Lurk germs of death.
Victor Hugo quotes: Hatred becomes, within a given time, the hatred of society, then the hatred of the human race, then the hatred of creation. Hatred becomes, within a given time, the hatred of society, then the hatred of the human race, then the hatred of creation.
Victor Hugo quotes: He had never known a "kind woman friend" in his native parts. He had not had the time to fall in love. He had never known a "kind woman friend" in his native parts. He had not had the time to fall in love.
Victor Hugo quotes: The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate. The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate.
Victor Hugo quotes: our judgement of a man would be much sounder were it based on what he dreams rather than on what he thinks. our judgement of a man would be much sounder were it based on what he dreams rather than on what he thinks.
Victor Hugo quotes: Gentlemen, my father always detested me because I could not understand mathematics. I understand only love and liberty. Gentlemen, my father always detested me because I could not understand mathematics. I understand only love and liberty.
Victor Hugo quotes: Sire," said M. Myriel, "you are looking at a good man, and I at a great man. Each of us can profit by it. Sire," said M. Myriel, "you are looking at a good man, and I at a great man. Each of us can profit by it.
Victor Hugo quotes: And do you know Monsieur Marius? I believe I was a little in love with you. And do you know Monsieur Marius? I believe I was a little in love with you.
Victor Hugo quotes: No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted. No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.
Victor Hugo quotes: You would have imagined her at one moment a maniac, at another a queen. You would have imagined her at one moment a maniac, at another a queen.
Victor Hugo quotes: Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
Victor Hugo quotes: Fever supports the sick man, and love the lover. Fever supports the sick man, and love the lover.
Victor Hugo quotes: Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men. Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
Victor Hugo quotes: He who opens a school door, closes a prison. He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Victor Hugo quotes: Phoebus de Chateaupers likewise came to a 'tragic end': he married. Phoebus de Chateaupers likewise came to a 'tragic end': he married.
Victor Hugo quotes: Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw. Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.
Victor Hugo quotes: No religion but blasphemes a little. No religion but blasphemes a little.
Victor Hugo quotes: When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
Victor Hugo quotes: One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range. One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
Victor Hugo quotes: More powerful than the mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. More powerful than the mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo quotes: First problem. To produce wealth. Second problem. To distribute it. First problem. To produce wealth. Second problem. To distribute it.
Victor Hugo quotes: For love is like a tree; it grows of itself; it send its roots deep into our being, and often continues to grow green over a heart in ruins. For love is like a tree; it grows of itself; it send its roots deep into our being, and often continues to grow green over a heart in ruins.
Victor Hugo quotes: Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
Victor Hugo quotes: The English took the eagle and Austrians the eaglet.[Fr., L'Angleterre prit l'aigle, et l'Autriche l'aiglon.] The English took the eagle and Austrians the eaglet.
[Fr., L'Angleterre prit l'aigle, et l'Autriche l'aiglon.]
Victor Hugo quotes: The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human. The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
Victor Hugo quotes: One of the hardest labours of the just man is to expunge from his soul a malevolence which it is difficult to efface. One of the hardest labours of the just man is to expunge from his soul a malevolence which it is difficult to efface.
Victor Hugo quotes: Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical? Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical?
Victor Hugo quotes: CHAPTER I - M. MYRIEL CHAPTER I - M. MYRIEL
Victor Hugo quotes: There are accepted revolutions, revolutions which are called revolutions; there are refused revolutions, which are called riots. There are accepted revolutions, revolutions which are called revolutions; there are refused revolutions, which are called riots.

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