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Giving Quotes by Victor Hugo
- Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the…
- God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
- 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…
- One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and on…
- He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.
- Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.
- Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind;…
- In saying no to progress, it is not the future which they condemn, but themselves. They give themselves a melancholy disease; they inoculate themselves with…
- Who can be sure that Jean Valjean had not been on the verge of losing heart and giving up the struggle? In loving he recovered…
- What dangers you run, O noble souls! Often, you give your heart, but we take only your body. Your heart is left to you and…
- To see so much misery everywhere, I suspect that God is not rich. He keeps up appearances, it is true, but I feel the pinch.…
- Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties.
- 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…
- Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she…
- Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both…
- Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. --I shall feel it." She dropped her head again on Marius' knees,…
- A benevolent malefactor, merciful, gentle, helpful, clement, a convict, returning good for evil, giving back pardon for hatred, preferring pity to vengeance, preferring to ruin…
- Forget not, never forget that you have promised me to use this silver to become an honest man.... Jean Valjean, my brother: you belong no…
- Do not forget, do not ever forget, that you have promised me to use the money to make yourself an honest man.' Valjean, who did…
- Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead.--I shall feel it.
- If she gives me all her time it is because I have all her heart.
More Giving Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi