Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Nature at times adds her own commentary to our actions with a kind of somber and considered eloquence, as though she were… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest sourcethat nature can offer. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Nothing is really small; whoever is open to the deep penetration of nature knows this. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Cosette was not very timid by nature. There flowed in her veins some of the blood of the bohemian and the adventuress… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Indeed, is not that all, and what more can be desired? A little garden to walk, and immensity to reflect on. At… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
God manifests himself to us in the first degree through the life of the universe, and in the second degree through the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The peculiarity of pains of this nature, in which that which is pitiless—that is to say, that which is brutalizing—predominates, is to… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Love partakes of the soul itself. it is of the same nature. like it, it is a divine spark, like it, it… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The earth was thus better lighted than the sky, which produces a particularly sinister effect, and the hill, whose contour was poor… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of… — 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 Copy Share Image
Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“He was Antinous, wild. You would have said, seeing the thoughtful reflection of his eye, that he had already, in some preceding… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Can human nature ever be wholly and radically transformed? Can the man whom God made good be made wicked by man? Can… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each… — Victor Hugo 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
“Sacrificing earth to paradise is like leaving your fortune to a corpse. I'm not that stupid. Duped by the Infinite! I am… — 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. She… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The poor young man must work for his bread; he eats; when he has eaten, he has nothing left but reverie. He… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Notwithstanding the fog which rose around, I perceived the walls and roofs of the houses of Soissons, with a half-moon peering from… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It seems as though, at the approach of a certain dark hour, the light of heaven infills those who are leaving the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“There are certain natures which cannot have love on one side without hatred on the other.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Fex urbis, lex orbis" (The dregs of the city, the law of the earth), from Les Miserables, attributed to St. Jerome” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Nothing is small, in fact; any one who is subject to the profound and penetrating influence of nature knows this.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“So long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, books like this cannot be useless.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“To understand the nature of the Revolution we must call it "progress"; and we may define progress by the word "tomorrow".” — victor hugo 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 Copy Share Image
No doubt it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. That work is already advanced and is making progress every… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“What am I to do on this earth? The choice rests with me: suffer or enjoy. Whither will suffering lead me? To… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Exile is not a material thing, it is a spiritual thing. All corners of the earth are exactly the same. And anywhere… — 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
