“Make as many laws as you please, men; but keep them for yourselves. The tribute to Caesar is never anything but the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Three years ago, when this book first appeared, some people thought it was worth while to dispute the authorship! Some asserted that… — Victor Hugo Books Copy Share Image
“our tears must begin before Louis XVII. I will weep with you over the children of kings, provided that you will weep… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to frighten those who are easily astonished; ignorance causes fearlessness. Children have so little claim on hell, that if… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“the goodness of the mother is written on the gaiety of the child.” — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“She had witnessed a conflict between two men who held her liberty in their hands, her very life and that of her… — Victor Hugo Angel Copy Share Image
To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie. — Victor Hugo Deceit Copy Share Image
“Why was I not made of stone like thee? --Quasimodo[to a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off… — Victor Hugo Notre dame Copy Share Image
“He who has not been a determined accuser during prosperity should hold his peace in adversity. He alone who denounces the success… — Victor Hugo Adversity Copy Share Image
“Alas! The work was incomplete, I admit: we demolished the ancient regime in deeds; we were not able to suppress it entirely… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Each region of Paris is celebrated for the interesting treasures which are to be found there. There are ear-wigs in the timber-yards… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them. — Victor Hugo Evil Copy Share Image
Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the… — Victor Hugo Family Copy Share Image
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. — Victor Hugo Adore Copy Share Image
“Every skull-cap may dream of the tiara. The priest is nowadays the only man who can become a king in a regular… — Victor Hugo 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
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. — Victor Hugo Impossible Copy Share Image
“Her heart ached, but she took her resolution. It will be seen that Fantine possessed the stern courage of life.” — Victor Hugo Courage Copy Share Image
The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must… — Victor Hugo Bread Copy Share Image
“Man has a tyrant, ignorance. I voted for the demise of that particular tyrant. That particular tyrant has engendered royalty, which is… — Victor Hugo Conscience Copy Share Image
We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only… — Victor Hugo Civilization Copy Share Image
A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people… — Victor Hugo Cannons Copy Share Image
“Intellectual and moral growth is no less indispensable than material amelioration... If three is anything more poignant than a body agonizing for… — Victor Hugo Education Copy Share Image
“For there are things that make the dead open their eyes in their graves.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
You say, "Where goest Thou?" I cannot tell, And still go on. But if the way be straight I cannot go amiss:… — Victor Hugo Behinds Copy Share Image
Here we stop. On the threshold of wedding nights stands an angel smiling, a finger to his lips. — Victor Hugo Angel Copy Share Image
Man does not understand nor accept immortality except on condition of self-remembrance. — Victor Hugo Accepting Copy Share Image
“I was confided to your loyalty and accepted by your treason; you offer my death to those to whom you had promised… — Victor Hugo Death 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 Birth Copy Share Image
As for the author, he is profoundly unaware of what the classical or romantic genre might consist of.... In literature, as in… — Victor Hugo Art Copy Share Image
“Unhappiness, which also possesses a clearness of vision of its own, augmented the small amount of daylight which existed in this mind.” — Victor Hugo Dreams Copy Share Image
“Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies,… — Victor Hugo Reputation Copy Share Image
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