Here we stop. Upon the threshold of wedding nights stands an angel smiling, his finger on his lip. — Victor Hugo Angel 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
All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains. — Victor Hugo Broken Copy Share Image
She might have melted a heart of stone, but nothing can melt a heart of wood. — Victor Hugo Heart Copy Share Image
“Nothing chills the heart like symmetry, for symmetry is ennui and ennui is at the heart of grief.” — Victor Hugo Grief Copy Share Image
“Did I exist before my birth? No. Shall I exist after death? No. What am I? A little dust collected in an… — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
“Algebra applies to the clouds, the radiance of the star benefits the rose--no thinker would dare to say that the perfume of… — Victor Hugo Astronomy Copy Share Image
Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men. — Victor Hugo Deceiving Copy Share Image
“If we wish to be happy, monsieur, we must never comprehend duty; for, as soon as we comprehend it, it is implacable.… — Victor Hugo Duty Copy Share Image
“Cable by Victor Hugo (then in exile) to his publisher, upon publication of Les Misérables : "?" The publisher's response: "!" ” — Victor Hugo Les mis Copy Share Image
In each age men of genius undertake the ascent. From below, the world follows them with their eyes. These men go up… — Victor Hugo Adversity Copy Share Image
“Nesreća je za čoveka što ostavlja iza sebe noć kojoj je on dao oblik.” — Victor Hugo Misfortune Copy Share Image
Symmetry is ennui, and ennui is the very essence of grief and melancholy. Despair yawns. — Victor Hugo Despair Copy Share Image
Thus, during those nineteen years of torture and slavery, did this soul rise and fall at the same time. Light entered on… — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
“The pupil dilates in the night, and at last finds day in it, even as the soul dilates in misfortune, and at… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds. — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“The sole social evil is darkness; humanity is identity, for all men are made of the same clay.” — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
“Red, for the blood of angry men, black, for the night that will finally end.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Nothing discernible to the eye of the spirit is more brilliant or obscure than man; nothing is more formidable, complex, mysterious, and… — Victor Hugo Brilliant Copy Share Image
“War has frightful beauties which we have not concealed; it has also, we acknowledge, some hideous features. One of the most surprising… — Victor Hugo War Copy Share Image
“This Boulatruelle was a man in bad odour with the people of the neighbourhood; he was too respectful, too humble, prompt to… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
