Victor Hugo Quotes - Page 7

• 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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• There is a secret drawer in every woman's heart.

  Victor Hugo

  Heart, Secret, Secrecy

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• I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.

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  Patriotic, Simple, Humanity

  Victor Hugo (2010). “The Works of Victor Hugo”, p.2093, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.

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  Nature, Spring, Heart

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• Reality in strong doses frightens.

  Victor Hugo

  Strong, Reality, Dose

  Victor Hugo “The Novels and Poems of Victor Marie Hugo”

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• Love is the only future God offers.

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  Love, Love Is, Offers

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• Hypocrisy is nothing, in fact, but a horrible hopefulness.

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  Hypocrisy, Facts, Horrible

  Victor Hugo (2015). “Toilers of the Sea: Works Of Hugo”, p.175, 谷月社

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• Another story must begin!

  Victor Hugo

  Stories

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• Philosophy is the microscope of thought.

  Victor Hugo

  Philosophy, Microscopes

  Victor Hugo (2004). “The Essential Victor Hugo”, p.398, Oxford University Press, UK

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• The sewer is the conscience of the city.

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  Cities, Water, Sewers

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume Two”, p.857, Wordsworth Editions

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• Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.

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  Wisdom, Philosophy, Men

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• If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.

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  Grandmother, Men, Want

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• It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

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  Death, Wisdom, Live Life

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume Two”, p.984, Wordsworth Editions

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• England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.

  Victor Hugo

  Bible, Book, Two

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• Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.

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  Sacrifice, One Day, Gains

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume Two”, p.700, Wordsworth Editions

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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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  Love, Life, Soul And Body

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• Religion, Society, and Nature--these are the three struggles of man.

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  Struggle, Men, Humanity

  Victor Hugo (2007). “Hugo's Works: Toilers of the Sea”, p.9, Wildside Press LLC

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• Are you afraid of the good you might do?

  Victor Hugo

  Might

  Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). “Les misérables”, Dutton Adult

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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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• Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent; we must draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand. The Wise man is he who knows when and how to stop.

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  Wise, Passion, Writing

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume One”, p.92, Wordsworth Editions

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• Youth is the future smiling at a stranger, which is itself.

  Victor Hugo

  Youth, Stranger

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

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• The ox suffers, the cart complains.

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  Suffering, Complaining, Carts

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• A fall from such a height is rarely straight downwards.

  Victor Hugo

  Fall, Height

  Victor Hugo (1904). “Notre Dame of Paris”

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• Those who live are those who fight.

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  Life, Fighting

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• Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

  Victor Hugo

  Wisdom, Decision, Style

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