"Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization."
― Victor Hugo
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God
More From Victor Hugo
- "I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, – and the stars through his soul."
- "Joy’s smile is much closer to tears than laughter."
- "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."
More In God
- "Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you."― Miguel de Unamuno
- "I’m Jewish. I don’t work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor."― Joan Rivers
- "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse."― Charles V