“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
“In Burgundy and in the cities of the South the tree of Liberty was planted. That is to say, a pole topped… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There is neither a foreign war nor a civil war; there is only just and unjust war. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Ninety-three" was the war of Europe against France, and of France against Paris. And what was the Revolution? It was the victory… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Another said , "I don't ask six months, I don't ask two. In less than two weeks we'll meet the government face… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
To see so much misery everywhere, I suspect that God is not rich. He keeps up appearances, it is true, but I… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“At five in the morning, some policemen, unannounced, entered the house of a man named Pardon, later a member of the section… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I represent a party which does not yet exist: the party Revolution-Civilization. This party will make the twentieth century. There will issue… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“he beheld the grand figure of the people emerge from the Revolution, and the grand figure of France spring forth from the… — 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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
“Blacheville smiles with the self-satisfied smugness of a man whose vanity is tickled” — Victor Hugo Copy Share
“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
“When those we love are in question, our prudence invents every sort of madness.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share
