Victor Marie Hugo
France
26 Feb 1802 // 22 May 1885
Poet / Novelist / Playwrigh t /Essayist
26 Feb 1802 // 22 May 1885
Poet / Novelist / Playwrigh t /Essayist
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.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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