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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Reading Quotes,
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You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is read more

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is in this way that mortals become angels. It is not their fault; they do not know how to set about it otherwise. This hell from which you have come out is the first step towards Heaven. We must begin by that. -- Jean Valjean --

by Victor Hugo Found in: Mortality Quotes,
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As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Charity Quotes,
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The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is read more

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Universe Quotes,
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And the dream that our mind had sketched in haste
Shall others continue, but never complete.
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And the dream that our mind had sketched in haste
Shall others continue, but never complete.
For none upon earth can achieve his scheme;
The best as the worst are futile here:
We wake at the self-same point of the dream,--
All is here begun, and finished elsewhere.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Dreams Quotes,
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