1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

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    L’histoire a sa vérité, la légende a la sienne. La vérité légendaire est d’une autre nature que la vérité historique. La vérité légendaire, c’est l’invention ayant pour résultat la réalité. Du reste l’histoire et la légende ont le même but, peindre sous l’homme momentané l’homme éternel.

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    At the moment when her eyes closed, when all feeling vanished in her, she thought that she felt a touch of fire imprinted on her lips, a kiss more burning than the red-hot iron of the executioner.

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    On s'en va parce qu'on a besoin de distraction et l'on revient parce qu'on a besoin de bonheur.

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    فأجابه كورفيراك و علي شفتيه ابتسامة ذات مغزي:أنا ذاهب لإسقاط الحكومة هذا وقت النضال في سبيل الحرية و الإخاء و المساواة أتضن بدمك علي هذه المبادئ الثلاثة التي يجب أن يتألف منها الدستور الانساني

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    He was not to perceive that of two men engaged in an action so hideous, he who permits the thing is worse than the man who does the work, because he is the coward!

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    On coming out of the chapel, a well can be seen on the left. There are two in this yard. You ask, Why is there no bucket and no pulley to this one? Because no water is drawn from it now. Why is no more water drawn from it? Because it is full of skeletons.

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