Victor Hugo Quotes, Religious Quotes, Mean Quotes

Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and dwarf trees, a jostle of conflicting jealousies. It means, in civic terms, an equal outlet for all talents; in political terms, that all votes will carry the same weight; and in religious terms that all beliefs will enjoy equal rights.

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To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation.

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The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of human excellence may be fostered by faiths that we do not share.

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It seems as though, at the approach of a certain dark hour, the light of heaven infills those who are leaving the light of earth.

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Great grief is a divine and terrible radiance which transfigures the wretched.

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Emotion is always new.

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The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must have the ideal.

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One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.

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He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.

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Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

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Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.

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There is suffering in the light; in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly, this is the miracle of genius.

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Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars.

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Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.

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When two souls have finally found each other, there is established between them a union which begins on earth and continues forever in heaven.

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Without at all invalidating what we have just said, we believe that a perpetual remembrance of the tomb is proper for the living. On this point, the priest and the philosopher agree: We must die.

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A wedding is not house-keeping.

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All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains.

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It is man's consolation that the future is to be a sunrise instead of a sunset.

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