There is a material advancement; we desire it. There is, also, a moral grandeur; we hold fast to it. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The obstinacy of antiquated institutions in perpetuating themselves resembles the stubbornness of the rancid perfume which should claim our hair, the pretensions… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the idea of duty, are things that, when in error, can turn hideous, but – even though hideous… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Everything Changes. The only thing that remains immovable across the centuries and fixes the character of a people is cooking. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There is a spectacle more grand than the sea; it is heaven; there is a spectacle more grand than heaven; it is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
A benevolent malefactor, merciful, gentle, helpful, clement, a convict, returning good for evil, giving back pardon for hatred, preferring pity to vengeance,… — Victor Hugo 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 Copy Share Image
“There is still a certain grace in a dead festival. It has been happy.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“First I loved women, then animals, and now I love stones. They're just as amusing as women and animals and they're much less trecherous.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“For love is like a tree; it grows of itself; it send its roots deep into our being, and often continues to grow green… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Blacheville smiles with the self-satisfied smugness of a man whose vanity is tickled” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Loving in ignorance, she loved with all the more passion. She did not know whether it was good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
![“Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character, 'Tis the fault of Voltaire; Misery is my trousseau 'Tis the fault of Rousseau.] - Gavroche” quote by Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ba3/victor-hugo-32_character_joie-est-mon-caractere-c-est-la-faute-a_1111634.jpg)
