Victor Hugo's Quote - Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too

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Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings. – Victor Hugo

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To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. – Victor Hugo

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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. – Victor Hugo

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