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title: "Best Men Sayings by Victor Hugo"
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> [Progress is the life-style of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/progress-is-the-life-style-of-man/)

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> [I dislike wealth and prosperity, especially that of other men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/i-dislike-wealth-and-prosperity-especially-that-of-other-men/)

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> [I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/i-love-all-men-who-think-even-those-who-think-otherwise-than-myself/)

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> [The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-straight-line-a-respectable-optical-illusion-which-ruins-many-a/)

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> [Word which the finger of God has written on the brow of every man — hope!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/word-which-the-finger-of-god-has-written-on-the-brow-of-every-man-hope/)

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> [When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/when-a-man-understands-the-art-of-seeing-he-can-trace-the-spirit-of/)

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> [Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/men-like-me-are-impossible-until-the-day-when-they-become-necessary/)

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> [One of the hardest labours of the just man is to expunge from his soul a malevolence which it is difficult to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/one-of-the-hardest-labours-of-the-just-man-is-to-expunge-from-his/)

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> [That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/that-men-saw-his-mask-but-the-bishop-saw-his-face-that-men-saw-his/)

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> [It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/it-may-be-remarked-in-passing-that-success-is-an-ugly-thing-men-are-3/)

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> [To destroy abuses is not enough; Habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there." ~old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/to-destroy-abuses-is-not-enough-habits-must-also-be-changed-the/)

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> [I didn't believe it could be so monstrous. It's wrong to be so absorbed in divine law as not to perceive human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/i-didn-t-believe-it-could-be-so-monstrous-it-s-wrong-to-be-so/)

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> [Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/babylon-violated-diminishes-alexander-rome-enslaved-diminishes-caesar/)

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> [Anger may be foolish and absurd, and one may be wrongly irritated, but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/anger-may-be-foolish-and-absurd-and-one-may-be-wrongly-irritated-but/)

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> [From a political point of view, there is but one principle, the sovereignty of man over himself. This sovereignty of myself over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/from-a-political-point-of-view-there-is-but-one-principle-the/)

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> [No doubt it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. That work is already advanced and is making progress every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/no-doubt-it-was-necessary-to-civilize-man-in-relation-to-man-that/)

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> [Homer is one of the men of genius who solve that fine problem of art - the finest of all, perhaps -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/homer-is-one-of-the-men-of-genius-who-solve-that-fine-problem-of-art/)

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> [The onward march of the human race requires that the heights around it constantly blaze with noble lessons of courage. Deeds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-onward-march-of-the-human-race-requires-that-the-heights-around-2/)

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> [Humanity is our common lot. All men are made of the same clay. There is no difference, at least here on Earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/humanity-is-our-common-lot-all-men-are-made-of-the-same-clay-there-is/)

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> [Such is the remorseless progression of human society, shedding lives and souls as it goes on its way. It is an ocean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/such-is-the-remorseless-progression-of-human-society-shedding-lives/)

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> [In this way, his unhappy soul struggled with its anguish. Eighteen hundred years before this unfortunate man, the mysterious Being, in whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/in-this-way-his-unhappy-soul-struggled-with-its-anguish-eighteen/)

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> [In winter there is no heat, no light, no noon, evening touches morning, there is fog, and mist, the window is frosted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/in-winter-there-is-no-heat-no-light-no-noon-evening-touches-morning/)

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> [I believe that pity is a law like justice, and that kindness is a duty like uprightness. That which is weak has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/i-believe-that-pity-is-a-law-like-justice-and-that-kindness-is-a-duty/)

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> [Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/let-us-have-compassion-for-those-under-chastisement-alas-who-are-we/)

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> [And, moreover, when it happens that both are sincere and good, nothing will mix and amalgamate more easily than an old priest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/and-moreover-when-it-happens-that-both-are-sincere-and-good-nothing/)

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> [In the Twentieth Century war will be dead, the scaffold will be dead, hatred will be dead, frontier boundaries will be dead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/in-the-twentieth-century-war-will-be-dead-the-scaffold-will-be-dead/)

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> [The earlier works of a man of genius are always preferred to the newer ones, in order to prove that he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-earlier-works-of-a-man-of-genius-are-always-preferred-to-the/)

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> [It is grievous for a man to leave behind him a shadow in his own shape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/it-is-grievous-for-a-man-to-leave-behind-him-a-shadow-in-his-own-shape/)

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> [No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/no-man-is-more-unhappy-than-the-one-who-is-never-in-adversity-the/)

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> [What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/what-is-said-about-men-often-has-as-much-influence-upon-their-lives/)

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> [My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/my-misfortune-is-that-i-still-resemble-a-man-too-much-i-should-liked/)

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> [To rise at six, to dine at ten, To sup at six, to sleep at ten, Makes a man live for ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/to-rise-at-six-to-dine-at-ten-to-sup-at-six-to-sleep-at-ten-makes-a/)

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> [Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/sire-you-are-looking-at-a-plain-man-and-i-am-looking-at-a-great-man/)

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> [Death belongs to God alone; by what right do men touch that unknown thing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/death-belongs-to-god-alone-by-what-right-do-men-touch-that-unknown/)

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> [Let us leave to the brain what belongs to it, and agree that the work of the men of genius is of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/let-us-leave-to-the-brain-what-belongs-to-it-and-agree-that-the-work/)

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> [...But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/but-listen-there-will-be-more-joy-in-heaven-over-the-tears-of-a/)

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> [Religion, Society, and Nature--these are the three struggles of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/religion-society-and-nature-these-are-the-three-struggles-of-man/)

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> [The man is placed where the Earth ends, the woman, where the heaven starts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-man-is-placed-where-the-earth-ends-the-woman-where-the-heaven/)

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> [And then, strange to say, the first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity; in a girl, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/and-then-strange-to-say-the-first-symptom-of-true-love-in-a-young-man/)

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> [The miserable's name is Man; he is agonizing in all climes, and he is groaning in all languages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-miserable-s-name-is-man-he-is-agonizing-in-all-climes-and-he-is/)

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## More by Victor Hugo

> [Houses are like the human beings that inhabit them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/houses-are-like-the-human-beings-that-inhabit-them/)

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> [“There is still a certain grace in a dead festival. It has been happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/there-is-still-a-certain-grace-in-a-dead-festival-it-has-been-happy/)

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> [He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/he-caught-her-she-fell-he-caught-her-in-his-arms-he-held-her-tightly/)

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> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/first-i-loved-women-then-animals-and-now-i-love-stones-they-re-just/)

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> [Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/nature-is-pitiless-she-never-withdraws-her-flowers-her-music-her/)

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> [“Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/have-courage-for-the-great-sorrows-of-life-and-patience-for-the-small/)

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> [The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-peasants-of-the-asturias-believe-that-in-every-litter-of-wolves/)

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> [Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/great-blunders-are-often-made-like-large-ropes-of-a-multitude-of/)

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> [“For love is like a tree; it grows of itself; it send its roots deep into our being, and often continues to grow green…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/for-love-is-like-a-tree-it-grows-of-itself-it-send-its-roots-deep/)

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> [“Blacheville smiles with the self-satisfied smugness of a man whose vanity is tickled”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/blacheville-smiles-with-the-self-satisfied-smugness-of-a-man-whose/)

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> [“Loving in ignorance, she loved with all the more passion. She did not know whether it was good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/loving-in-ignorance-she-loved-with-all-the-more-passion-she-did-not/)

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> [Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/laughter-is-the-sun-that-drives-winter-from-the-human-face/)

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> [“Our joys have shadows. The perfect smile belongs to God alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/our-joys-have-shadows-the-perfect-smile-belongs-to-god-alone/)

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> [“When those we love are in question, our prudence invents every sort of madness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/when-those-we-love-are-in-question-our-prudence-invents-every-sort-of/)

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> [Love is a fault; so be it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/love-is-a-fault-so-be-it/)

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