Victor Hugo Quotes, Men Quotes, Excellence Quotes

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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Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical?

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Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves.

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In the domain of art there is no light without heat.

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Do not economize on the hymeneal rites; do not prune them of their splendor, nor split farthings on the day when you are radiant. A wedding is not house-keeping.

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The cruel of heart have their own black happiness.

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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

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Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children.

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A woman's best qualities are harmful if undiluted with prudence.

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Every body drags its shadow, and every mind its doubt.

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Revolution is the larva of civilization.

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Inanimate objects sometimes appear endowed with a strange power of sight. A statue notices, a tower watches, the face of an edifice contemplates.

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At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry

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He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

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Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.

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Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.

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A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.

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He reached for his pocket, and found there, only reality

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People weighed down with troubles do not look back; they know only too well that misfortune stalks them.

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A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.

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