“Death does not concern me. He who takes his first step uses perhaps his last shoes. (Halmalo)” — Victor Hugo Courage Copy Share Image
“But that which pleases us in people who are rising pleases us less in the case of people who are falling.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There are plenty who regard a wall behind which something is happening as a very curious thing. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Mothers arms are made of tenderness, And sweet sleep blesses the child who lies therein. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Čovjek nije krug s jednim jedinim središtem; on je elipsa s dvije žiže. Činjenice su jedna, a ideje druga.” — Victor Hugo Covjek Copy Share Image
“You see this hell from which you have just emerged is the first form of heaven. It was necessary to begin there.” — Victor Hugo Heaven Copy Share Image
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit. — Victor Hugo Freedom Copy Share Image
A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking. — Victor Hugo Blind Copy Share Image
“We chip away as best we can at the mysterious block of marble our lives are made of- in vain; the black… — Victor Hugo Destiny Copy Share Image
“A moment later he was in his garden, walking, meditating, contemplating, his heart and soul wholly absorbed in those grand and mysterious… — Victor Hugo Heart and soul Copy Share Image
“The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl it is boldness. The two sexes have a… — Victor Hugo Love Copy Share Image
“As time rolls on, however, we discover that duty is a series of compromises; we contemplate life, regard its end, and submit;… — Victor Hugo Compromises Copy Share Image
“Innocence, Monsieur, is its own crown. Innocence has no need to be a highness. It is as august in rags as in… — Victor Hugo Innocence Copy Share Image
“Every man who has in his soul a secret feeling of revolt against any act of the State, of life, or of… — Victor Hugo Destiny Copy Share Image
It is an unpleasant thing to go to bed without supper, it is a still less pleasant thing not to sup and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer; that is as simple as the law of the complementary colours. What… — Victor Hugo Believer Copy Share Image
“The saints are persecuted, eyes are closed to the truth, darkness is the daily wear. The most savage beasts are those that… — Víctor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Proceed, philosophers, teach, enlighten, enkindle, think aloud, speak aloud, run joyously towards the bright daylight, fraternise in the public squares, announce the… — Victor Hugo Bare feet Copy Share Image
Paris is a sum total. Paris is the ceiling of the human race. All this prodigious city is an epitome of dead… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Those who are ignorant should be taught all you can teach them; society is to blame for not providing free public education;… — Victor Hugo Education Copy Share Image
“That light called history is pitiless; it possesses this peculiar and divine quality, that, pure light as it is, and precisely because… — Victor Hugo History Copy Share Image
“He kissed the handkerchief, inhaled its perfume, put it over his heart, against his flesh in the daytime, and at night went… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word "no." To "no" there is only one answer and… — Victor Hugo Affirmation Copy Share Image
Do not forget, do not ever forget, that you have promised me to use the money to make yourself an honest man.'… — Victor Hugo Bishops Copy Share Image
