Victor Hugo Quotes, Stars Quotes, Kissing Quotes

When two mouths, made sacred by love, draw near to each other to create, it is impossible, that above that ineffable kiss there should not be a thrill in the immense mystery of the stars.

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Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.

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Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

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

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The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral.

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You are adorable, mademoiselle. I study your feet with the microscope and your soul with the telescope.

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Toleration is the best religion.

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It is in the name of Moses that Bellarmin thunderstrikes Galileo; and this great vulgarizer of the great seeker Copernicus, Galileo, the old man of truth, the magian of the heavens, was reduced to repeating on his knees word for word after the inquisitor this formula of shame: "Corde sincera et fide non ficta abjuro maledico et detestor supradictos errores et hereses." Falsehood put an ass's hood on science.

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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.

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The thirst for the Infinite proves infinity.

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Youth, even in its sorrows, always has a brilliancy of its own.

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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

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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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Earnestness is the salt of eloquence.

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One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and on the other hand one cannot be a good historian of this inner life without taking into account outward events where these are relevant.

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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art.

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The clouds, - the only birds that never sleep.

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

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Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.

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The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.

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