Nature Quotes by Victor Hugo

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, That is the sky.

— Victor Hugo

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.

— Victor Hugo

God put in man thought; society, action; nature, revery.

— Victor Hugo

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art.

— Victor Hugo

“No force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come”

— Victor Hugo

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

— Victor Hugo

And so, being in Heaven, it was easy for him to lose sight of earth.

— Victor Hugo

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

— Victor Hugo

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the…

— Victor Hugo

“At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate on; a few flowers on earth…

— Victor Hugo

When two souls have finally found each other, there is established between them a union which begins on earth and continues forever…

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“For those who love solitude, a walk in the early morning is equivalent to a stroll by night, with the cheerfulness of…

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Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering.

— Victor Hugo

Let us say it now: to be blind and to be loved, is indeed, upon this earth where nothing is complete, one…

— Victor Hugo

“I consent to live. All is not at an end on earth since we can still talk nonsense.”

— Victor Hugo

Nature, like a kind and smiling mother, lends herself to our dreams and cherishes our fancies.

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“In the future no one will kill anyone, the earth will shine, the human race will love. It will come, citizens, the…

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...Human thought has no limit. At its risk and peril, it analyzes and dissects its own fascination. We could almost say that,…

— Victor Hugo

The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all…

— Victor Hugo

His universal compassion was due less to natural instinct, than to a profound conviction, a sum of thoughts that in the course…

— Victor Hugo

Wonderful nature has a double meaning, which dazzles great minds and blinds uncultivated souls. When man is ignorant, when the desert is…

— Victor Hugo

“Nature sometimes joins her effects and her appearances to our acts with a sort of serious and intelligent appropriateness; as if she…

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“what is there left to desire beyond it? A little garden in which to walk, and immensity in which to dream. At…

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“Indeed, is not that all, and what more can be desired? A little garden to walk, and immensity to reflect on. At…

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“So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation, which, in the face of civilisation, artificially…

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Diamonds are found only in the dark bowels of the earth; truths are found only in the depths of thought. It seemed…

— Victor Hugo

What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure,…

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“Can human nature be so entirely transformed inside and out? Can man, created by God, be made wicked by man? Can a…

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“It would have been difficult to say what was the nature of this look, and whence proceeded the flame that flashed from…

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Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do…

— Victor Hugo

“Did I exist before my birth? No. Shall I exist after death? No. What am I? A little dust collected in an…

— Victor Hugo

“The sincerity of foulness pleases us, and rests the soul. When one has passed one's time in enduring upon earth the spectacle…

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“Let us not, however, exaggerate our power. Whatever man does, the great lines of creation persist; the supreme mass does not depend…

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“We will simply say here that, as a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest…

— Victor Hugo

“So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation which, in the midst of civilization, artificially…

— Victor Hugo

“Let us say in passing, to be blind and to be loved, is in fact--on this earth where nothing is complete--one of…

— Victor Hugo

“The science of mathematics applies to the clouds; the radiance of starlight nourishes the rose; no thinker will dare say that the…

— Victor Hugo

“As we have seen, prayer, celebration of the religious offices, alms, consoling the afflicted, the cultivation of a little piece of ground,…

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“While through the working of laws and customs there continues to exist a condition of social condemnation which artificially creates a human…

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“The poor young man must work for his bread; he eats; when he has eaten, he has nothing left but reverie. He…

— Victor Hugo