“No ver a las personas es una cosa que permite suponer en ellas todas las perfecciones.” — Victor Hugo Amor Copy Share Image
“Should he remain in paradise and become a demon? Should he return to hell and become an angel?” — Victor Hugo Hell Copy Share Image
Nothing is really small; whoever is open to the deep penetration of nature knows this. — Victor Hugo Inspirational Copy Share Image
“He who has not been a stubborn accuser in prosperity should hold his peace in the face of ruin.” — Victor Hugo Peace Copy Share Image
“It is in Paris that the beating of Europe’s heart is felt. Paris is the city of cities.” — Víctor Hugo London Copy Share Image
“Azrael, the Mohammedan angel of the sepulchre, would have turned back, and thought that he had mistaken the door.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Where women are honored, the divinities are pleased. Where they are despised, it is useless to pray to God.” — Victor Hugo Divine Copy Share Image
The earlier works of a man of genius are always preferred to the newer ones, in order to prove that he is… — Victor Hugo Art Copy Share Image
“You are risking your life!" "Monsieur le maire," said the Bishop, "is that really all? I am not in the world to… — Victor Hugo Life Copy Share Image
“He had, like everyone else, his suffix ist, without which nobody could have lived in those days, but he was neither a… — Victor Hugo Anarchist Copy Share Image
“fortunately or unfortunately, man is so constituted that he can suffer long and much, both morally and physically, without dying; that it… — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
“Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to evil, but to good. It is your soul that I buy from you;… — Victor Hugo Brother Copy Share Image
“Ne može se spriječiti misao da se vrati samoj sebi, kao što se ne može spriječiti more da se vrati obali. Za… — Victor Hugo Bog Copy Share Image
The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them. — Victor Hugo Evil Copy Share Image
But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and… — Victor Hugo Crime Copy Share Image
Can human nature ever be wholly and radically transformed? Can the man whom God made good be made wicked by man? Can… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I am in the night. There is a being who has gone away and carried the heavens with her. Oh! to be… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“That evening, before he went to bed, he said again: "Let us never fear robbers nor murderers. Those are dangers from without,… — Victor Hugo Fear Copy Share Image
“For there are many great deeds done in the small struggles of life. There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends… — Victor Hugo Courage Copy Share Image
The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said… — Victor Hugo Angelic Copy Share Image
“PREFACE TO THE 1832 EDITION At the head of the earlier editions of this work, published at first without the name of… — Victor Hugo Books Copy Share Image
“You asked me why I saved you. You have forgotten a villain who tried to carry you off one night,- a villain… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Oh, you who are! "Ecclesiastes calls you the All-powerful; the Maccabees call you the Creator; the Epistle to the Ephesians calls you… — Victor Hugo Books Copy Share Image