Truth Quotes by Victor Hugo

“Right is just and true.”

— Victor Hugo

To have lied is to have suffered.

— Victor Hugo

Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.

— Victor Hugo

History has its truth; and so has legend hers.

— Victor Hugo

“The reflection of a fact is in itself a fact.”

— Victor Hugo

Men hate those to whom they have to lie.

— Victor Hugo

Morality is truth in full bloom.

— Victor Hugo

There is no more sovereign eloquence than the truth in indignation.

— Victor Hugo

To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.

— Victor Hugo

There is a way of meeting error while on the road of truth.

— Victor Hugo

Mirrors, those revealers of the truth, are hated; that does not prevent them from being of use.

— Victor Hugo

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.

— Victor Hugo

Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.

— Victor Hugo

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

— Victor Hugo

Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought.

— Victor Hugo

The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all…

— Victor Hugo

Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a…

— Victor Hugo

When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that?

— Victor Hugo

“The peculiar property of truth is never to commit excesses. What need has it of exaggeration? There”

— Victor Hugo

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive… We must not resort to the flame where only light is…

— Victor Hugo

“He now clearly perceived the truth which was henceforth to be the centre of his life, namely, that while she was there,…

— Victor Hugo

“At certain moments, the foot slips ; at others, the ground gives way. How many times had that conscience, furious for the…

— Victor Hugo

“The sincerity of foulness pleases us, and rests the soul. When one has passed one's time in enduring upon earth the spectacle…

— Victor Hugo

“Man has a tyrant, ignorance. I voted for the demise of that particular tyrant. That particular tyrant has engendered royalty, which is…

— Victor Hugo

“Well, listen a moment, Monsieur Mayor; I have often been severe in my life towards others. It was just. I did right.…

— Victor Hugo

“I mean that man is ruled by a tyrant whose name is Ignorance, and that is the tyrant I sought to overthrow.…

— Victor Hugo

Diamonds are found only in the dark bowels of the earth; truths are found only in the depths of thought. It seemed…

— Victor Hugo

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed…

— Victor Hugo

“In all Thénardier's outpourings, the words and gestures, the fury blazing in his eyes, this explosion of an evil nature brazenly exposed,…

— Victor Hugo

“From the point of view of history, of reason, and of truth, monasticism is condemned. Monasteries, when they abound in a nation,…

— Victor Hugo

“Intellectual and moral growth is no less indispensable than material improvement. Knowledge is a viaticum. Though is a prime necessity; truth is…

— Victor Hugo

Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and…

— Victor Hugo

It is in the name of Moses that Bellarmin thunderstrikes Galileo; and this great vulgarizer of the great seeker Copernicus, Galileo, the…

— Victor Hugo

“Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the idea of duty, are things that, when in error, can turn hideous, but – even though hideous…

— Victor Hugo

The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other, as a whole and in its…

— Victor Hugo

“That figure stood for a long time wholly in the light; this arose from a certain legendary dimness evolved by the majority…

— Victor Hugo

History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose…

— Victor Hugo

“The saints are persecuted, eyes are closed to the truth, darkness is the daily wear. The most savage beasts are those that…

— Víctor Hugo