“It is like a skull, which still has holes for eyes, but no longer sight.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
He sought...to transform the grief which looks down into the grave by showing it the grief which looks up to the stars. — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
“Pravedan čovjek mršti obrve, ali se nikada pakosno ne osmjehuje. Mi razumijemo srdžbu, ali ne i zlobu.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
If the infinite had no me, then me would be its limit. It would not be the infinite, therefore it would not… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Religion, Society, and Nature--these are the three struggles of man. — Victor Hugo Humanity Copy Share Image
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. — Victor Hugo Armies Copy Share Image
What's our baggage? Only vows, Happiness, and all our care, And the flower that sweetly shows Nestling lightly in your hair. — Victor Hugo Baggage Copy Share Image
“Let us enter equal complaint against stomachs and minds which do not eat. If there is anything more heart-breaking than a body… — Victor Hugo Hunger Copy Share Image
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be… — Victor Hugo Adversity Copy Share Image
“Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their… — Victor Hugo Greatness Copy Share Image
“The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved--loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” — Victor Hugo Faith Copy Share Image
“Moreover, and we must not forget this, interests which are not very friendly to the ideal and the sentimental are in the… — Victor Hugo Sentimental Copy Share Image
M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and… — Victor Hugo Fate Copy Share Image
What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do. — Victor Hugo Destiny Copy Share Image
“Then he withdrew in silence, but shaking his head as though inwardly exclaiming, “An Unbeliever.” No! low as I have fallen, I… — Victor Hugo Old man Copy Share Image
In the relations of man with the animals, with the flowers, with all the objects of creation, there is a whole great… — Victor Hugo Animal Copy Share Image
And the dream that our mind had sketched in haste Shall others continue, but never complete. For none upon earth can achieve… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“our tears must begin before Louis XVII. I will weep with you over the children of kings, provided that you will weep… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“Quant au mode de prier, peu importe le nom, pourvu qu'il soit sincère. Tournez votre livre à l'envers et soyez à l'infini"… — Victor Hugo Pray Copy Share Image
“Les Miserables is first of all the product of a varied experience of the world, containing the perceptions of an entire life.… — Victor Hugo Entire life Copy Share Image
“After the dazzling orgies in form and color of the eighteenth century, art was put on a diet, and allowed nothing but… — Victor Hugo Art Copy Share Image
“One might almost say that affinities begin with the letters of the alphabet. In that sequence, O and P are inseparable. You… — Victor Hugo Admiration Copy Share Image
“This cavern is below all, and the enemy of all; it is hatred, without exception.” — Victor Hugo Enemy Copy Share Image
“No one is more avidly curious about other people's doings than those persons whom they do not concern.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“He had to submit to the fate of every newcomer in a small town, where many tongues talk but few heads think.” — Victor Hugo Gossip Copy Share Image
“She took recourse to the expedient of constantly terrified children. She lied.” — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas. — Victor Hugo Army Copy Share Image
“Because things are unpleasant," said Jean Valjean, "that is no reason for being unjust toward God.” — Victor Hugo Jean valjean Copy Share Image
“All is not at an end on earth since we can still talk nonsense.” — Victor Hugo Nature Copy Share Image
“Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with the one is wounded with the other.” — Victor Hugo Wounded Copy Share Image
The hatred of luxury is not an intelligent hatred. It implies a hatred of arts. — Victor Hugo Art Copy Share Image
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. — Victor Hugo Books Copy Share Image
My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
