Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Those who pray always are necessary to those who never pray. In our view, the whole question is in the amount of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“It may indeed be said that the word is never a more splendid mystery than when it travels in a man's mind… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“One can no more prevent thought from recurring to an idea than one can the sea from returning to the shore: the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant. Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way. Running beer gathers… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“When put into print, thought is more imperishable than ever; it is volatile, intangible, indestructible; it mingles with the air. In the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Thought is more than a right - it is the very breath of man. Whoever fetters thought attacks man himself. To speak,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“It is certain that people do talk to themselves; there is no living being who has not done it. It may even… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
...Human thought has no limit. At its risk and peril, it analyzes and dissects its own fascination. We could almost say that,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous than to stop working. It is a habit that can soon be lost, one that is easily neglected… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“What was he doing during the trip? What was he thinking about? As he had during the morning, he watched the trees… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more dangerous than to stop working. It is a habit that can soon be lost, one that is easily neglected… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“A certain amount of reverie is good, like a narcotic in discreet doses. It soothes the fever, occasionally high, of the brain… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The glance of women resembles certain combinations of wheels, which are tranquil in appearance yet formidable. You pass close to them every… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Certainly we talk to ourselves; there is no thinking being who has not experienced that. One could even say that the word… — 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
