Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. — Victor Hugo Imagination Copy Share Image
It was SHE. Whoever has loved knows all the radiant meaning contained in the three letters of this word ‘she. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial. — Victor Hugo Chastity Copy Share Image
Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Police chiefs don't think a cat can possibly turn into a lion; and yet, it happens.” — Victor Hugo Cats Copy Share Image
Civilization survives on the constant discovery of amity and an equal supply of damnation. — Victor Hugo Amity Copy Share Image
“The most beautiful of altars," he said, "is the soul of an unhappy creature consoled and thanking God.” — Victor Hugo Altars Copy Share Image
“A torch-flame resembles the wisdom of cowards: it gives a poor light because it trembles.” — Victor Hugo Cowards Copy Share Image
“What are the convulsions of a city compared to the emeutes of the soul? Man is a depth still more profound than… — Victor Hugo Profound Copy Share Image
Large, heavy, ragged black clouds hung like crape hammocks beneath the starry cope of the night. You would have said that they… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to frighten those who are easily astonished; ignorance causes fearlessness. Children have so little claim on hell, that if… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
Science is continually correcting what it has said. Fertile corrections... science is a ladder... poetry is a winged flight... An artistic masterpiece… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
If you wish to gain an idea of what revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to acquire an idea… — Victor Hugo Progress Copy Share Image
The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure; it no longer rests upon… — Victor Hugo Great passion Copy Share Image
Profound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Love is like a tree: it shoots of itself; it strikes it's roots deeply into our whole being, and frequently continues to… — Victor Hugo Circumstance Copy Share Image
“Had he not had a greater purpose, the saving not of his life but of his soul, the resolve to become a… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Large sums passed through his hands. Nevertheless, nothing changed his way of life or added the slightest luxury to his simple life.… — Victor Hugo Life Copy Share Image
“He had given Cosette a dress of Binche lace that had come down to him from his own grandmother. “These fashions have… — Victor Hugo Old age Copy Share Image
“The sixth of January, 1482, is not, however, a day of which history has preserved the memory. There was nothing notable in… — Victor Hugo Early morning Copy Share Image
“In the future no one will kill anyone, the earth will shine, the human race will love. It will come, citizens, the… — Victor Hugo Future Copy Share Image
“All generous social irradiations spring from science, letters, arts, education. Make men, make men. Give them light that they may warm you.… — Victor Hugo Absolute truth Copy Share Image
“The episcopal palace was a huge and beautiful house, built of stone at the beginning of the last century by M. Henri… — Victor Hugo Episcopal Copy Share Image
