Victor Hugo

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Biography : French writer, poet and dramatist, regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and a leading figure of Romanticism. He is best known for works such as Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre‑Dame, as well as for his strong political and social engagement in favor of justice, peace, and freedom.
Born: 1802 - Died: 1885
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

France

Victor Hugo - Quotes

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.
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He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.
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life

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.
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Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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happiness

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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soul

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.
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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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Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!
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soul

Wisdom is a sacred communion.
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wisdom

Conscience is God present in man.
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