--- title: "Best Men Quotations by Victor Hugo" description: "149 Men quotes by Victor Hugo. Plus more from Victor Hugo and more Men sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/victor-hugo-32_angel_that-is-to-be-two-and-to-be-but-one-a-ma_2187033.jpg" --- > [That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/that-is-to-be-two-and-to-be-but-one-a-man-and-a-woman-mingled-into/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/victor-hugo-32_angel_that-is-to-be-two-and-to-be-but-one-a-ma_2187033.jpg) > [It is man's consolation that the future is to be a sunrise instead of a sunset.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/it-is-man-s-consolation-that-the-future-is-to-be-a-sunrise-instead-of/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/victor-hugo-32_consolation_it-is-man-s-consolation-that-the-future_355007.jpg) > [In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/in-the-animal-world-no-creature-born-to-be-a-dove-turns-into-a/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/victor-hugo-32_animal_in-the-animal-world-no-creature-born-to_739332.jpg) > [But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/but-alas-if-i-have-not-maintained-my-victory-it-is-god-s-fault-for/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/victor-hugo-32_devil_but-alas-if-i-have-not-maintained-my-vic_1081251.jpg) > [Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/monsieur-to-a-convict-is-a-glass-of-water-to-a-man-dying-of-thirst-at/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/victor-hugo-32_dying_monsieur-to-a-convict-is-a-glass-of-wate_1380236.jpg) > [If God had intended that man should go backward, he would have given him eyes in the back of his head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/if-god-had-intended-that-man-should-go-backward-he-would-have-given/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/victor-hugo-32_backward_if-god-had-intended-that-man-should-go-b_2575396.jpg) > [The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-mountains-the-forest-and-the-sea-render-men-savage-they-develop/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/victor-hugo-32_fierce_the-mountains-the-forest-and-the-sea-ren_884090.jpg) > [A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/a-one-eyed-man-is-much-more-incomplete-than-a-blind-man-for-he-knows/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52a/victor-hugo-32_blind_a-one-eyed-man-is-much-more-incomplete-t_1317267.jpg) > [The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-convent-which-belongs-to-the-west-as-it-does-to-the-east-to/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/victor-hugo-32_antiquity_the-convent-which-belongs-to-the-west-as_2266280.jpg) > [With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/with-a-tiny-bit-of-effort-the-nettle-would-be-useful-if-you-neglect/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/victor-hugo-32_bad-man_with-a-tiny-bit-of-effort-the-nettle-wou_2706255.jpg) > [Look not at the face, young girl, look at the heart. The heart of a handsome young man is often deformed. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/look-not-at-the-face-young-girl-look-at-the-heart-the-heart-of-a/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/victor-hugo-32_beautiful_look-not-at-the-face-young-girl-look-at_220158.jpg) > [A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer; that is as simple as the law of the complementary colours. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/a-phenomenon-often-seen-a-sceptic-adhering-to-a-believer-that-is-as/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/victor-hugo-32_believer_a-phenomenon-often-seen-a-sceptic-adheri_2724275.jpg) > [The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-greatest-products-of-architecture-are-less-the-works-of/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/victor-hugo-32_architecture_the-greatest-products-of-architecture-ar_873497.jpg) > [History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/history-has-its-truth-and-so-has-legend-legendary-truth-is-of-another/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/victor-hugo-32_fiction_history-has-its-truth-and-so-has-legend_3094072.jpg) > [Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/every-good-quality-runs-into-a-defect-economy-borders-on-avarice-the/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/victor-hugo-32_avarice_every-good-quality-runs-into-a-defect-ec_1841532.jpg) > [“With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes hurtful. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/with-the-exercise-of-a-little-care-the-nettle-could-be-made-useful-it/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/victor-hugo-32_bad-people_with-the-exercise-of-a-little-care-the-n_2408018.jpg) > [The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-poor-man-shuddered-overflowed-with-an-angelic-joy-he-declared-in/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/victor-hugo-32_angelic_the-poor-man-shuddered-overflowed-with-a_256369.jpg) > [Can human nature ever be wholly and radically transformed? Can the man whom God made good be made wicked by man? Can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/can-human-nature-ever-be-wholly-and-radically-transformed-can-the-man/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/victor-hugo-32_bent_can-human-nature-ever-be-wholly-and-radi_2712708.jpg) > [We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/we-may-remark-in-passing-that-to-be-blind-and-beloved-may-in-this-2/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/victor-hugo-32_affliction_we-may-remark-in-passing-that-to-be-blin_1496335.jpg) > [Was it possible that Napoleon should win the battle of Waterloo? We answer, No! Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/was-it-possible-that-napoleon-should-win-the-battle-of-waterloo-we/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/victor-hugo-32_answers_was-it-possible-that-napoleon-should-win_1285916.jpg) > [From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/from-the-oyster-to-the-eagle-from-the-swine-to-the-tiger-all-animals/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/victor-hugo-32_animal_from-the-oyster-to-the-eagle-from-the-sw_1096876.jpg) > [Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/ecclesiastes-names-thee-almighty-the-maccabees-name-thee-creator-the/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/victor-hugo-32_almighty_ecclesiastes-names-thee-almighty-the-mac_1659253.jpg) > [First it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation to nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/first-it-was-necessary-to-civilize-man-in-relation-to-man-now-it-is/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/victor-hugo-32_animal_first-it-was-necessary-to-civilize-man-i_1159128.jpg) > [Social prosperity means man happy, the citizen free, the nation great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/social-prosperity-means-man-happy-the-citizen-free-the-nation-great/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/victor-hugo-32_citizens_social-prosperity-means-man-happy-the-ci_322878.jpg) > [Do you know what friendship is?' he asked. 'Yes,' replied the gypsy; 'it is to be brother and sister; two souls which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/do-you-know-what-friendship-is-he-asked-yes-replied-the-gypsy-it-is/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/victor-hugo-32_and-love_do-you-know-what-friendship-is-he-asked_240416.jpg) > [To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/to-rescue-from-oblivion-even-a-fragment-of-a-language-which-men-have/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/victor-hugo-32_civilization_to-rescue-from-oblivion-even-a-fragment_1670577.jpg) > [The spirit of God, like the sun, always gives all its light at once. The spirit of man resembles the pale moon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-spirit-of-god-like-the-sun-always-gives-all-its-light-at-once-the/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/victor-hugo-32_absence_the-spirit-of-god-like-the-sun-always-gi_2004194.jpg) > [Do not forget, do not ever forget, that you have promised me to use the money to make yourself an honest man.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/do-not-forget-do-not-ever-forget-that-you-have-promised-me-to-use-the/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/victor-hugo-32_bishops_do-not-forget-do-not-ever-forget-that-yo_209804.jpg) > [All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word "no." To "no" there is only one answer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/all-roads-are-blocked-to-a-philosophy-which-reduces-everything-to-the-2/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/victor-hugo-32_affirmation_all-roads-are-blocked-to-a-philosophy-wh_2747075.jpg) ## Other authors on Men - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 1,027 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 710 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 463 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 378 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Samuel Johnson 361 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/samuel-johnson/) - [Mark Twain 354 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 354 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 349 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/ayn-rand/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 332 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-ward-beecher-41729.jpg) Henry Ward Beecher 289 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/henry-ward-beecher/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 283 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 278 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/swami-vivekananda/) ## 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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [“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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [“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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [“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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [“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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [“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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [“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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [“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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [“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/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) > [Love is a fault; so be it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/love-is-a-fault-so-be-it/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/victor-hugo/#itemlist", "name": "Best Men Quotations by Victor Hugo", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That is to be two and to be but one. 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