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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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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. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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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. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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To love another person is to see the face of God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. ↗

— 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. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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