Victor Hugo Quotes - Page 5

• When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.

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  Men, Sight, Long

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• Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.

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  Men, Solitude, Dull

  Victor Hugo (2016). “Toilers of the Sea”, p.45, Victor Hugo

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• Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

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  Music, Sound And Music, Musical Life

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• What makes night within us may leave stars.

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  Inspirational, Uplifting, Wisdom

  Victor Hugo (2008). “Ninety-Three: A Historical Novel”, p.79, Mondial

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• Labor is life; thought is light.

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  Light, Labor, Thoughts On Life

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• ...mothers are often fondest of the child which has caused them the greatest pain.

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  Mother, Pain, Children

  Victor Hugo, Frederic Shoberl (1834). “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”, p.135

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• When a person opens a book, he can never be in prison.

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  Book, Healing, Teens

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• Wisdom is the health of the soul.

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  Wisdom, Soul

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

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  Giving Up, Sacrifice, Shadow

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

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• He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

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  Education, Appreciation, Teacher

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• Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

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  Wisdom, Memories, Imagination

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• There are many lovely women, but no perfect ones.

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  Perfect, Perfection, Lovely

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• Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought.

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  Dark, Depth, Earth

  Victor Hugo (2016). “Les Misérables”, p.292, My Ebook Publishing House

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• Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

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  Wisdom, Children, Caution

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Revolutions are not born of chance but of necessity.

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  Revolution, Chance, Born

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

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• Dreaming is happiness. Waiting is life.

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  Dream, Waiting

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• Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

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  Wisdom, Men, Degrees

  Victor Hugo (2007). “Hugo's Works: Toilers of the Sea”, p.82, Wildside Press LLC

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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.

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  Inspirational, Life, God

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

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• One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

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  Inspiration, Learning, Knowledge

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• Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

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  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

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• When the heart is dry the eye is dry.

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  Heart, Eye, Dry

  Victor Hugo (2015). “Les Misérables”, p.86, First Avenue Editions

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• All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

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  Strength, Time, Powerful

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• To sum up all, let it be known that science and religion are two identical words. The learned do not suspect this, no more do the religious. These two words express the two sides of the same fact, which is the infinite. Religion-Science, this is the future of the human mind.

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  Religious, Future, Science

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• Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

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  Funny, Wisdom, Witty

  Victor Hugo (2004). “Notre-Dame de Paris”, p.144, Penguin UK

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• Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.

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  Prayer, Praying

  Victor Hugo (1894). “Les misérables”

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