Victor Hugo Quotes

• Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.

  Victor Hugo

  Heart, Giving, Mind

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• Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Life, Happiness

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• Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

  Victor Hugo

  Hurt, Listening, World

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  Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

  Victor Hugo

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "Victor Hugo's Intellectual Autobiography". Book by Victor Hugo, translated by Lorenzo O'Rourke, Funk & Wagnalls edition, 1907.

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• An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

  Victor Hugo

  Art, Philosophy, Crazy

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• The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

  Victor Hugo

  Positive, Names, Impossible

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• Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.

  Victor Hugo

  Inspirational, Exercise, Imagination

  "Robb, Victor Hugo". Book by Graham Robb, p. 249, 1997.

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• Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.

  Victor Hugo

  Giving Up, Sacrifice, Shadow

  Victor Hugo (1938). “Les Miserables: A Novel”

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  Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.

  Victor Hugo

  Real, Lying, Vices

  Victor Hugo (2016). “Les Misérables”, p.43, My Ebook Publishing House

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• Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.

  Victor Hugo

  Night, Free Education, Soul

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• The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity.

  Victor Hugo

  Mean, Opportunity, Names

  Speech by President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, at inauguration of National Conference of the Association for the Progress of Management, www.lamoncloa.gob.es. November 13, 2012.

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• The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

  Victor Hugo

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

  Victor Hugo

  Contentment, Enough

  Victor Hugo (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)”, p.3500, Delphi Classics

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• People do not lack strength; they lack will.

  Victor Hugo

  Motivational, Success, Being Strong

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• I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.

  Victor Hugo

  Tails, Lions

  Victor Hugo (2012). “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, p.330, Courier Corporation

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• Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

  Victor Hugo

  Music, Sound And Music, Musical Life

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• To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.

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  Love, Dark, Les Mis

  Victor Hugo (2012). “Les Miserables”, p.552, Simon and Schuster

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• Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

  Victor Hugo

  Prayer, Ignorance, August

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• When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Relationship, Wisdom

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• To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

  Victor Hugo

  Beautiful, Errors, Truth Is

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• Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion. Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts. If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. To love another person is to see the face of God.

  Victor Hugo

  Stars, Eye, Passion

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• The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.

  Victor Hugo

  Civilization, Imagination, Quality

  Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

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• I have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning.

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  Morning, Loving You, Littles

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume Two”, p.687, Wordsworth Editions

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• Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

  Victor Hugo

  Inspirational, Life, God

  Victor Hugo (1898). “From exile, and after the fall of the Empire”

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• It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

  Victor Hugo

  Angel, Suffering, Awareness

  "Hugo's Works: Les Miserables (Fantine)".

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