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Truth Quotes by Victor Hugo

38 Truth quotes by Victor Hugo

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Deep underground, miners find diamonds hidden in darkness, just as thinkers discover truth in the depths of thought. The quotes suggest that silence can hide lies, that truth never exaggerates, and that confronting error can lead to clearer understanding. It reminds us that insight often shines after the night.

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To have lied is to have suffered.

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“Right is just and true.”

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Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.

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History has its truth; and so has legend hers.

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Morality is truth in full bloom.

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Men hate those to whom they have to lie.

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“The reflection of a fact is in itself a fact.”

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To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.

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There is no more sovereign eloquence than the truth in indignation.

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Mirrors, those revealers of the truth, are hated; that does not prevent them from being of use.

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There is a way of meeting error while on the road of truth.

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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.

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To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

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Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.

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Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought.

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The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all…

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Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a…

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It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive… We must not resort to the flame where only light is…

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When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that?

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“The peculiar property of truth is never to commit excesses. What need has it of exaggeration? There”

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“The sincerity of foulness pleases us, and rests the soul. When one has passed one's time in enduring upon earth the spectacle…

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“Man has a tyrant, ignorance. I voted for the demise of that particular tyrant. That particular tyrant has engendered royalty, which is…

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“At certain moments, the foot slips ; at others, the ground gives way. How many times had that conscience, furious for the…

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“He now clearly perceived the truth which was henceforth to be the centre of his life, namely, that while she was there,…

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Diamonds are found only in the dark bowels of the earth; truths are found only in the depths of thought. It seemed…

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It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed…

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“I mean that man is ruled by a tyrant whose name is Ignorance, and that is the tyrant I sought to overthrow.…

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“Well, listen a moment, Monsieur Mayor; I have often been severe in my life towards others. It was just. I did right.…

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“Intellectual and moral growth is no less indispensable than material improvement. Knowledge is a viaticum. Though is a prime necessity; truth is…

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Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and…

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“From the point of view of history, of reason, and of truth, monasticism is condemned. Monasteries, when they abound in a nation,…

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“In all Thénardier's outpourings, the words and gestures, the fury blazing in his eyes, this explosion of an evil nature brazenly exposed,…

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“Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the idea of duty, are things that, when in error, can turn hideous, but – even though hideous…

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It is in the name of Moses that Bellarmin thunderstrikes Galileo; and this great vulgarizer of the great seeker Copernicus, Galileo, the…

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“The saints are persecuted, eyes are closed to the truth, darkness is the daily wear. The most savage beasts are those that…

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“That figure stood for a long time wholly in the light; this arose from a certain legendary dimness evolved by the majority…

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History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose…

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The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other, as a whole and in its…

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“There is still a certain grace in a dead festival. It has been happy.”

He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her…

“First I loved women, then animals, and now I love stones. They're just as amusing as women and animals and they're much less trecherous.”

Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering.

“Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to…

The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear…

Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres.

“For love is like a tree; it grows of itself; it send its roots deep into our being, and often continues to grow green…

“Blacheville smiles with the self-satisfied smugness of a man whose vanity is tickled”

“Loving in ignorance, she loved with all the more passion. She did not know whether it was good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary…

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

“Our joys have shadows. The perfect smile belongs to God alone.”

“When those we love are in question, our prudence invents every sort of madness.”

Love is a fault; so be it.