Quote by Victor Hugo
Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man.

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God. – Victor Hugo

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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, – and the stars through his soul. – Victor Hugo

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Love
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Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter. – Victor Hugo

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Poetry
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How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said. – Victor Hugo

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Romantic
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Ive said all along that God is in control. – Tony Dungy

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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on Gods side, for God is always right. – Abraham Lincoln

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Gods first creature, which was light. – Francis Bacon

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The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God. – Malcolm X

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Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music. – James Taylor

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In summer, the song sings itself. – William Carlos Williams

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The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obedience to the heart. – William Butler Yeats

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