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Words From the Author of "Les Miserables:" Victor Hugo Quotes

By Simran Khurana, About.com

The multi-faceted French author Victor Hugo was a poet, playwright, novelist, statesman, and human rights activist, all rolled into one. He authored many classics including Les Miserables, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. If you have not read his books, read Victor Hugo quotes to understand this literary genius.

Courage
For man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes.

Courage
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Happiness
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Expression
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.

Determination
People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Life
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved... loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Happiness
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.

Business
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.

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