The eye of a man should be still more reverent before the rising of a young maiden than before the rising of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Whether there had not been more abuse on the part of the law, in respect to the penalty, than there had been… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Monseigneur Bienvenu was simply a man who took note of the exterior of mysterious questions without scrutinizing them, and without troubling his… — Victor Hugo 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 Copy Share Image
Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong; but a man never feels outraged unless… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“owing money was the beginning of slavery ..... a creditor was worse than a boss, for a boss only owns your person… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“As for us, we respect the past here and there, and we spare it, above all, provided that it consents to be… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Is there an infinite outside of us? Is this infinite, one, immanent, permanent; necessarily substantial, since it is infinite, and because, if… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“We are not obliged to sound the Bishop of D—— on the score of orthodoxy. In the presence of such a soul… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“To be ultra is to go beyond. It is to attack the sceptre in the name of the throne, and the mitre… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The best minds have their soft spots and sometimes feel somewhat bruised by the scant respect of logic.” — Victor Hugo 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 Copy Share Image
There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate. — 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
