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Useless Quotes by Victor Hugo
- I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What does it come…
- Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for the extravagant, for…
- Idleness, pleasure, what abysses! To do nothing is a dreary course to take, be sure of it. To live idle upon the substance of society!…
More Useless Quotes
- Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile. — Abu Bakr
- Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. — Honore de Balzac
- Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all… — George Matthew Adams
- The most useless are those who never change through the years. — James M. Barrie
- I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer… — Charles Baudelaire
- A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. — George Ade
- How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release?… — Nellie Bly
- The more that I know of politics, the more it makes me realize that being a politician is largely useless. — Sophia Bush
- It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake… — Lord Byron
- Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads… — Lord Byron
- Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions. — Albert Camus
- It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. — Giacomo Casanova