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Wells Quotes by Victor Hugo
- What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in…
- To be wicked does not insure prosperity - for the inn did not succeed well.
- No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.
- Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
- Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection…
- I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go…
- There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well…
- One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is…
- There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are…
- The beginning as well as the end of all his thoughts was hatred of human law, that hatred which, if it be not checked in…
- So your desire is to do nothing? Well, you shall not have a week, a day, an hour, free from oppression. You shall not be…
- People weighed down with troubles do not look back; they know only too well that misfortune stalks them.
- Ah! There you are! he exclaimed, looking at Jean Valjean. I'm so glad to see you. Well, but how is this? I gave you the…
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- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
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- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
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