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

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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as 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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If a man could have just half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin

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I would rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one. – Marcus Porcius Cato

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I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men. – Bernard M. Baruch

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