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Biography - Victor Hugo:

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

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le suprême bonheur de la vie, c'est la conviction qu'on est aimé ; aimé pour soi-même, disons mieux, aimé malgré soi-même.

German
Das höchste Glück im Leben ist die Überzeugung um Deiner selbst willen geliebt zu werden, oder noch genauer, trotz deiner selbst geliebt zu werden.




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Quotes for: love


Quotes

Quotes about love:


Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.





Love, love, all the rest is nothing.





We have need of morality only for want of love.





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





Intelligence has value only in the service of love.





There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.











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: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





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





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











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.





Hide your life and spread your spirit.





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.












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