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Quote by Victor Hugo

“What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another.”

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Victor Hugo, a French romantic poet, novelist, and playwright, was born on February 26, 1802, and died on May 22, 1885. He is considered one of the greatest writers in French literary history, known for his profound humanistic concerns and rich imagination. more

“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

Source: The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology

“Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me: There lie they, and here lie we Under the spreading chestnut tree.”

Lying Tree Nuts Nineteen Chestnuts

Author:George Orwell

“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.”

Source: The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world

“Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness: it depends on the force of the current, the height and strength of the barrier. The unchecked stream flows smoothly down its appointed channels into a calm well being.”

Wells Feelings Passion Force Depends Flow Madness Calm Currents Well Being Impulse Height Streams Barriers Flood Arrested Spills

Book:Brave New World

Source: Brave New World

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