Society Quotes by Victor Hugo

“Misery offers; society accepts”

— Victor Hugo

God put in man thought; society, action; nature, revery.

— Victor Hugo

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

— Victor Hugo

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by…

— Victor Hugo

“Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race has been…

— Victor Hugo

“To wipe out abuse is not enough; you have to change people's whole outlook. The mill is no longer standing, but the…

— Victor Hugo

A society that admits misery, a humanity that admits war, seem to me an inferior society and a debased humanity; it is…

— Victor Hugo

“The sins of women and children, domestic servants and the weak, the poor and the ignorant, are the sins of the husbands…

— Victor Hugo

Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure…

— Victor Hugo

“He set out for Toulon. He arrived there, after a journey of twenty-seven days, on a cart, with a chain on his…

— Victor Hugo

“Those who are ignorant should be taught all you can teach them; society is to blame for not providing free public education;…

— Victor Hugo

“Common right is nought but the protection of all radiating over the right of each. This protection of all is termed Fraternity.…

— Victor Hugo

“So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid…

— Victor Hugo