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Quote of Victor Hugo - Hide your life and spread your...


Biography - Victor Hugo:

French writer, poet and dramatist.
Born: 1802 - Died: 1885
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

Hide your life and spread your spirit.


Note 

Note




Source: Les rayons et les ombres

Wikisource - Hugo - Œuvres complètes (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Ami, cache ta vie et répands ton esprit.

German
Freund, verbirg dein Leben und verbreite deinen Geist.




See also 

See also...



To a Friend of Light
If you want to spare your eyes and your mind,
follow the sun from the shadows behind.





Quotes for: life


Quotes

Quotes about life:


As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.











Quotes for: mind


Quotes

Quotes about mind:


A healthy mind in a healthy body.





The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.





When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.





It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.





My spirit yearns for action, my breath for freedom.





It is spirit that rules the world, not intelligence.











Quotes for: to hide


Quotes

Quotes for: to hide


Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.





There are certain things that we hide in order to reveal them.





Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.





All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;





Nature is wont to hide herself.











Quotes

Victor Hugo also said...


Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.





Truth is like the sun. It casts light on everything but does not let itself stared at.





How sad to think that nature speaks and mankind doesn't listen.





Music is noise that thinks.





Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.












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