Victor Hugo Quotes
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All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word "no." To "no" there is only one answer and that is "yes." Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing. Man lives more by affirmation than by bread.
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Inspiration and genius -one and the same.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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Houses are like the human beings that inhabit them.
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Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.
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That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven.
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This book should be read as one would read the book of a dead man.
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If the infinite had no me, then me would be its limit. It would not be the infinite, therefore it would not be.
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I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one.
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At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry.
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You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
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A few feet under the ground reigns so profound a silence, and yet so much tumult on the surface!
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A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.
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A bit of mould is a pleiad of flowers; a nebula is an ant-hill of stars.
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I dislike wealth and prosperity, especially that of other men.
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Creation lives, grows, and multiplies; man is but a witness.
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Let us say it now: to be blind and to be loved, is indeed, upon this earth where nothing is complete, one of the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness.
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To know how to distinguish the agitation arising from covetousness, from the agitation arising from principles, to fight the one and aid the other, in this lies the genius and the power of great revolutionary leaders.
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...mothers are often fondest of the child which has caused them the greatest pain.
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When, like an Emir of tyrannic power, Sirius appears, and on the horizon black Bids countless stars pursue their mighty track.
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If we must suffer, let us suffer nobly.
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Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties.
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Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available.
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Night and the day, when united, Bring forth the beautiful light.