“Certain forms are torn down, and it is well that they should be, but on condition that they are followed by reconstruction.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price. — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“He had the confidence of a man who had never been wounded.” — Victor Hugo Confidence Copy Share Image
Crime is redeemed by remorse, but not by a blow of the axe or slipknot. Blood has to be washed by tears… — Victor Hugo Blood Copy Share Image
Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the… — Victor Hugo Aspect Copy Share Image
Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' Talk is clouds, Table Talk is smoke." Les Miserables — Victor Hugo Clouds Copy Share Image
“For prying into any human affairs, none are equal to those whom it does not concern.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The peculiarity of prudery is to place all the more sentinels in proportion as the fortress is the less menaced.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
A doctor’s door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open. — Victor Hugo Doctors Copy Share Image
“Quant au mode de prier, peu importe le nom, pourvu qu'il soit sincère. Tournez votre livre à l'envers et soyez à l'infini"… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The slightest contact with logic makes all false arguments disintegrate.” — Victor Hugo Logic Copy Share Image
“Cosette, do you hear? he has come to that! he asks my forgiveness! And do you know what he has done for… — Victor Hugo Forgiveness Copy Share Image
In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is… — Victor Hugo French language Copy Share Image
“My dear boy, a piece of advice. Read not so many books, and look a little more upon the Peggies. The little… — Victor Hugo Books Copy Share Image
“I have repented of the evil that I have done and have forgiven the evil that has been done to me, and… — Victor Hugo Forgiveness Copy Share Image
England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her: Shakespeare and the Bible. — Victor Hugo Bible Copy Share Image
Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand. — Victor Hugo Accepting Copy Share Image
