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Biography - Victor Hugo:

French writer, poet and dramatist.
Born: 1802 - Died: 1885
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.



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Quotes for: laughter


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Quotes for: laughter


It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.





You shall learn to laugh. Now, all higher humor begins with this, that one no longer takes one's person seriously.





Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.





We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.





The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed.





A day without laughter is a day wasted.











Quotes for: joy


Quotes

Quotes for: joy


I dare to believe that inner joy has some secret power to win the favour of fortune.





The best way to begin each day well is to think upon awakening whether we could not give at least one person pleasure on this day.





It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.





A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest.





Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.





Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.











Quotes for: smile


Quotes

Quotes for: smile


A smile is often the most essential thing. One is repaid by a smile. One is rewarded by a smile. One is animated by a smile.





A smile costs less than electricity, but gives much light.





Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.





It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?





Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.





One may smile, and smile, be a villain.







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Victor Hugo also said...


Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.





Hide your life and spread your spirit.





Truth is like the sun. It casts light on everything but does not let itself stared at.





How sad to think that nature speaks and mankind doesn't listen.





Music is noise that thinks.












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