She was a lovely blonde, with fine teeth. She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
He had not yet lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at hand then the impossible, and that… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it… — Victor Hugo Future Copy Share Image
“The attempt has been made, and wrongly, to make a class of the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie is simply the contented portion of… — Victor Hugo Bourgeoisie Copy Share Image
“Knowing that she was beautiful, she was thoroughly conscious, though in an indistinct fashion, that she possessed a weapon. Women play with… — Victor Hugo Beauty Copy Share Image
To love or have loved is all-sufficing. We must not ask for more. No other pearl is to be found in the… — Victor Hugo Accomplishment 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
“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 girls chirped and chatted like uncaged warblers. They were delirious with joy... Intoxications of life’s morning! Enchanted years! The wing of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 — 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner,… — Victor Hugo Art Copy Share Image
Do you know what friendship is?' he asked. 'Yes,' replied the gypsy; 'it is to be brother and sister; two souls which… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in all things write the word… — Victor Hugo Appetite Copy Share Image
Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be… — Victor Hugo Brilliant Copy Share Image
There is no supernatural, there is only nature. Nature alone exists and contains all. All is. There is the part of nature… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the… — Victor Hugo Almighty Copy Share Image
“In fact, were it given to our human eye to see into the consciences of others, we would judge a man much… — Victor Hugo Dream 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
“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
“Who goes there?" At the same time, the click of guns, as they were lowered into position, was heard. Enjolras replied in… — Victor Hugo French revolution Copy Share Image
The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than… — Victor Hugo Architecture Copy Share Image
“There were corpses here and there and pools of blood. I remember seeing a butterfly flutter up and down that street. Summer… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The wretchedness of a child interests a mother, the wretchedness of a young man interests a young girl, the wretchedness of an… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“He who has seen the misery of man only has seen nothing, he must see the misery of woman; he who has… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“The moral world has no greater spectacle than this: a troubled and restless conscience on the verge of committing an evil deed,… — Victor Hugo Character Copy Share Image
“In all his trials he felt encouraged and sometimes even upbourne by a secret force within. The soul helps the body, and… — Victor Hugo Bird Copy Share Image
First it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation to nature… — Victor Hugo Animal Copy Share Image
I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is… — Victor Hugo Abyss Copy Share Image
“Monsieur Bienvenu was simply a man who accepted these mysterious questions...and who had in his soul a deep respect for the mystery… — Victor Hugo Mystery Copy Share Image
“Sin as little as possible-that is the law of mankind. Not to sin at all is the dream of the angel. All… — Victor Hugo Angels Copy Share Image
“The supreme happiness in life is the assurance of being loved; of being loved for oneself, even in spite of oneself...” — Victor Hugo Confidence Copy Share Image
No matter who you are, the thought of so much suffering and degradation must cause you to shudder at the sight of… — Victor Hugo Atheism Copy Share Image
“A creditor is worst than a master; for a master owns only your physical presence, whereas a creditor owns your dignity and… — Victor Hugo Respect Copy Share Image
“The infinite exists. It is there. If the infinite had no me, the me would be its limit; it would not be… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“That figure stood for a long time wholly in the light; this arose from a certain legendary dimness evolved by the majority… — Victor Hugo History Copy Share Image
“They shall exist, and so long as society shall be what it is, they will be what they are. Under the dark… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
People generally will soon understand that writers should be judged, not according to rules and species, which are contrary to nature and… — Victor Hugo Art Copy Share Image
“To travel is to be born and to die at every instant; perhaps, in the vaguest region of his mind, he did… — Victor Hugo Human existence Copy Share Image
“A doll is among the most pressing needs as well as the most charming instincts of feminine childhood. To care for it,… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“There was once a fairy who created the fields and forests expressly for those in love,—in that eternal hedge-school of lovers, which… — Victor Hugo Fairy Copy Share Image
