Desiring always to be in mourning, he clothed himself with night. — Victor Hugo Grief Copy Share Image
But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal… — Victor Hugo Devil Copy Share Image
“Succeed; that is the advice that falls, drop by drop, from the overhanging fruit of corruption.” — Victor Hugo Corruption Copy Share Image
“what can man do in hell, they sang; for song lingers where there is no longer any hope.” — Victor Hugo Hell Copy Share Image
In joined hands there is still some token of hope, in the clenched fist none. — Victor Hugo Fist Copy Share Image
[T]he small is great, the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity... — Victor Hugo Equilibrium Copy Share Image
“Phoebus de Chateaupers likewise came to a 'tragic end': he married.” — Victor Hugo Humor Copy Share Image
Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left. — Victor Hugo Carnival Copy Share Image
“in our civilization there are fearful hours - such are those when the criminal law pronounces shipwreck upon a man. What a… — Victor Hugo Criminal law Copy Share Image
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for… — Victor Hugo Bread Copy Share Image
...It all seemed to him to have disappeared as if behind a curtain at a theater. There are such curtains that drop… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There is suffering in the light; in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly,… — Victor Hugo Excess Copy Share Image
“one felt the sacred intimacy of the birds and the trees; by day the wings rejoice the leaves, by night the leaves… — Victor Hugo Romance Copy Share Image
“A creature so beautiful that God would have preferred her to the Virgin and have chosen her for his mother and have… — Victor Hugo Animals Copy Share Image
“What a great thing, to be loved! What a greater thing still, to love! The heart becomes heroic though passion…if no one… — Victor Hugo Heroic Copy Share Image
“And if you wish to receive of the ancient city an impression with which the modern one can no longer furnish you,… — Victor Hugo Beyond the horizon Copy Share Image
“This barricade is made neither of paving stones, nor of timbers, nor of iron; it is made of two mounds, a mound… — Victor Hugo Barricade Copy Share Image
“The poor young man must work for his bread; he eats; when he has eaten, he has nothing left but reverie. He… — Victor Hugo Compassion Copy Share Image
“Succeed: theory. Prosperity argues capacity. Win in the lottery, and behold! you are a clever man. He who triumphs is venerated. Be… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“He did not understand how men could busy themselves with hating each other because of silly stuff like the charter, democracy, legitimacy,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“How do we know that the creation of worlds is not determined by the fall of grains of sand? Who knows the… — Victor Hugo Astronomy Copy Share Image
To gaze into the depths of the sea is, in the imagination, like beholding the vast unknown, and from its most terrible… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The French Revolution, which is nothing more nor less than the ideal armed with the sword, rose abruptly, and by that very… — Victor Hugo French revolution Copy Share Image
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