Victor Hugo

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Biography of Victor Hugo
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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"A compliment is like a kiss through a veil."	Men
"A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been."	Anti-Religion, War
"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor."	Men
"An invasion of armies can be resisted. But not an idea whose time has come."	Time
"At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry." (Les Miserables)"	Ability, Death, Friends
"Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and especially on their destinies, as what they do."	Miscellaneous
"Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and especially on their destinies, as what they do."	Quotations
"Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings."	Faith
"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when; whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees."	Attitude, Men
"Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education."	Education, School, Teaching
"Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the souls of men."	Dreams, Men, Power
"Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age."	Age
"From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought."	Change, Men, Time
"Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite."	Genius
"Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite."	Genius
"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."	Accomplishment, Achievement, Age
"He who opens a school door, closes a prison."	Education, School, Teaching
"Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man."	Economics, Hope
"I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul."	Age, Love, Men
"Ideas can no more flow backward than can a river."	Ideas
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Ability	Accomplishment	Achievement
Age	Anger	Anti-Religion
Attitude	Beauty	Change
Courage	Darkness	Death
Dreams	Economics	Education
Excellence	Faith	Fear
Friends	Friendship	Genius
God	Greatness	Happiness
History	Hope	Humor
Ideas	Intelligence	Joy
Laughter	Life	Light
Love	Men	Military
Miscellaneous	Music	Patience
Peace	Power	Quotations
School	Sleeping	Sorrow
Strength	Teaching	Time
Virtue	War	Writing