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Biography - Victor Hugo:

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

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


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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La vérité est comme le soleil. Elle fait tout voir et ne se laisse pas regarder.

German
Die Wahrheit ist wie die Sonne. Sie erhellt alles, lässt sich aber nicht betrachten.




See also 

See also...



Neither the sun nor death can be looked at without winking.

Truth is the sun of intelligence.

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





Quotes for: truth


Quotes

Quotes for: truth


To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Love truth, but pardon error.





Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.





The language of truth is simple.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.











Quotes for: sun


Quotes

Quotes for: sun


The sun is new each day.





It is found again.
What? Eternity.
It is the sea
Gone with the sun.






What good is all sunrise, if we do not stand up?





Education is another sun to those who are educated.





You must be very polite to the Earth
And to the sun






The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.











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.





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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