“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: love
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature
“Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: god
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Well, for us, in history where goodness
“Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: history
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To rise from error to truth is
“To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: truth
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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War
“Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing
“Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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Conscience is God present in man.
“Conscience is God present in man.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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Great perils have this beauty, that they
“Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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We say that slavery has vanished from
“We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: women
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Doing nothing is happiness for children and
“Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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To love another person is to see
“To love another person is to see the face of God.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: love
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