All Victor Hugo Quotes
Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
Victor Hugo
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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.
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Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.
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The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.
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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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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
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Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.
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