The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees... view

By: Victor Hugo

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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees... view

By: Victor Hugo

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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... view

By: Victor Hugo

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To learn to read is to light a fire.. view

By: Victor Hugo

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It is by suffering that human beings become angels... view

By: Victor Hugo

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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble.. view

By: Victor Hugo

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Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book... view

By: Victor Hugo

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How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said... view

By: Victor Hugo

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I'm religiously opposed to religion... view

By: Victor Hugo

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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor... view

By: Victor Hugo

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Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul... view

By: Victor Hugo

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