Quote by Victor Hugo
Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much infl

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

Other quotes by Victor Hugo

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. – Victor Hugo

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Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. – Victor Hugo

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I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others? – Maurice Maeterlinck

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Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. – Author Unknown

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To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge. – Albert Camus, The Rebel, 1951

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The brighter you are, the more you have to learn. – Don Herold

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When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. – Hilaire Belloc

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The trouble with using experience as a guide is that the final exam often comes first and then the lesson. – Author Unknown

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