“In our nineteenth century the religious idea is undergoing a crisis. Certain things have been unlearnt, and this is good, provided other… — Victor Hugo Human heart Copy Share Image
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his… — Victor Hugo Elbows Copy Share Image
“Le coeur se sature d'amour comme d'un sel divin qui le conserve; de la l'incorruptible adherence de ceux qui se sont aimes… — Victor Hugo La vie Copy Share Image
The greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded of a multitude of strands. Take the rope apart, separate it into… — Victor Hugo Blunders Copy Share Image
“There are fathers who do not love their children; there exists no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. At” — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to… — Victor Hugo Humility Copy Share Image
To crush out fanaticism and revere the infinite, such is the law. Let us not confine ourselves to falling prostrate beneath the… — Victor Hugo Absurd Copy Share Image
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. — Victor Hugo Idle Copy Share Image
“owing money was the beginning of slavery ..... a creditor was worse than a boss, for a boss only owns your person… — Victor Hugo Money Copy Share Image
There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers. — Victor Hugo Farmers Copy Share Image
“The aim to which I have aspired for so many years, my nightly dream, the object of my prayers in heaven, Security-… — Victor Hugo Dreams Copy Share Image
“What can be the meaning of what has since happened? The turnkey on duty came into my cell; he took off his… — Victor Hugo Making An Effort Copy Share Image
Revolutions spring not from accident, but from necessity. A revolution is a return from the factitious to the real. It takes place… — Victor Hugo Accidents Copy Share Image
What Shakespeare was able to do in English he would certainly not have done in French. — Victor Hugo Done Copy Share Image
“For many great deeds are accomplished in times of squalid struggle. There is a kind of stubborn, unrecognized courage which in the… — Victor Hugo Courage Copy Share Image
“Where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? Oh my brothers, this is the junction between… — Victor Hugo Barricade Copy Share Image
To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made… — Victor Hugo Dames 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