“The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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Life is the flower for which love
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: life
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The greatest happiness of life is the
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: life
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A faith is a necessity to a
“A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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All the forces in the world are
“All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death
“Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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To be perfectly happy it does not
“To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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Hope is the word which God has
“Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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A library implies an act of faith.
“A library implies an act of faith.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: faith
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The greatest happiness of life is the
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: happiness
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I love all men who think, even
“I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: men
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