"To love beauty is to see light."
"Look not at the face, young girl, look at the heart. The heart of a handsome young man is often deformed. There are hearts in which love does not keep. Young girl, the pine is not beautiful; it is not beautiful like the poplar, but it keeps its foliage in winter."
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Source: Victor Hugo (2010). “The Works of Victor Hugo”, p.597, BookCaps Study Guides
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