"If suffer we must, let's suffer on..." - Quote by Victor Hugo
If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights.
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“Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.”
“Nobody loves the light like the blind man.”
“Ah! There you are! he exclaimed, looking at Jean Valjean. I'm so glad to see you. Well, but how is this? I gave you the candlesticks too, which are of silver like the rest, and for which you can certainly get two hundred francs. Why did you not carry them away with your forks and spoons?”
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“Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan For that deep wound it gives my friend and me; Is't not enough to torture me alone, But slave to slavery my sweet'st friend must be?”
“So long as space remainsSo long as sentient beings'Suffering remainsI will remainIn order to help,In order to serve.”
“All our wanting comes from needs, thus we continiously suffer. The intellect teaches free will, free from suffering.”
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“Nothing will deter us from building the future we want for our children. What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshaling our best efforts to save it.”
“O' thinkest thou we shall ever meet again? I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our times to come.”
“The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.”