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Quote by Victor Hugo
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a vi

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor – Victor Hugo

Other quotes by Victor Hugo

It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky… a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe. – Victor Hugo

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Night
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Victor Hugo
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Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and especially on their destinies, as what they do. – Victor Hugo

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Miscellaneous
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Victor Hugo
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Other Quotes from
Idleness
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Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle. – E.V. Lucas

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Idleness

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed. – St. Jerome

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Idleness

Idleness is the beginning of all vices. – Proverb

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Idleness

The real source of almost all our crimes, if the trouble is taken to trace them to a common origin, will be found to be in idleness. – Walter Gaston Shotwell

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Idleness

Random Quotes

Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, dont sit in the dark hiding. Its easy to hide and shout and waste peoples time. – Billy Connolly

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Time

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. – Winston Churchill

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History

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil. – Plutarch

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good

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

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Oceans