I believe in religion against the religious; in the pitifulness of orisons, and in the sublimity of prayer. — Victor Hugo Believe Copy Share Image
“It is the habit of the envious man to absolve himself of public wrongs with his own personal grievances.” — Victor Hugo Envious Copy Share Image
We are reassured almost as foolishly as we are alarmed; human nature is so constituted. — Victor Hugo Human nature Copy Share Image
Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' talk is clouds, table talk is smoke. — Victor Hugo Clouds Copy Share Image
There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from a distance — Victor Hugo Astronomy Copy Share Image
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.” — Victor Hugo Faith Copy Share Image
Let us fear the worst, but work with faith; the best will always take care of itself. — Victor Hugo Care Copy Share Image
When we are at the end of life, to die means to go away; when we are at the beginning, to go… — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
“In the English-speaking world his best-known works are often the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (sometimes translated into English as… — Victor Hugo Les mis Copy Share Image
“The soul of a young girl should not be left in the dark; later on, mirages that are too abrupt and too… — Victor Hugo Dark Copy Share Image
It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night… — Victor Hugo Clouds and stars Copy Share Image
“He endeavored to collect his thoughts, but did not succeed. At those hours especially when we have sorest need of grasping the… — Victor Hugo Life Copy Share Image
Jean Prouvaire was timid only in repose. Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was… — Victor Hugo Enthusiasm Copy Share Image
“Nisi Dominus custodierit domum, in vanum vigilant qui custodiunt eam," Unless the Lord guard the house, in vain do they watch who… — Victor Hugo Vigilant Copy Share Image
Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more resistant than architecture, but also simpler and… — Victor Hugo Architecture Copy Share Image
For the rest, he was the same to all men, the fashionable world and the ordinary people. He judged nothing in haste,… — Victor Hugo Accounts Copy Share Image
Wonderful nature has a double meaning, which dazzles great minds and blinds uncultivated souls. When man is ignorant, when the desert is… — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure,… — Victor Hugo Adore 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 Speaks Copy Share Image
The merciful precepts of Christ will at last suffuse the Code and it will glow with their radiance. Crime will be considered… — Victor Hugo Branded Copy Share Image
Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis'… — Victor Hugo Appetite Copy Share Image
“Isn't there in every human soul...an initial spark, a divine element, incorruptible in this world, immortal in the next, that good can… — Victor Hugo Evil Copy Share Image
“And you,” continued he, “you have in your camp some Obi, I hear — some impostor like this Romaine the Prophet. I… — Victor Hugo Continued Copy Share Image
Those who every morning plan the transactions of the day and follow out that plan carry a thread that will guide them… — Victor Hugo Arrangements Copy Share Image
