Quotes by Victor Hugo

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies...

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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

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Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

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Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

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People do not lack strength; they lack will.

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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

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Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

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Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

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Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

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One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...

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One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

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