“the old man turned his head, and his face expressed the sum total of the surprise which a man can still feel… — Victor Hugo Life Copy Share Image
Thought is more than a right - it is the very breath of man. Whoever fetters thought attacks man himself. To speak,… — Victor Hugo Action Copy Share Image
“In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life is made, the black vein of destiny… — Victor Hugo Destiny Copy Share Image
“Relegated as he was to a corner and as though sheltered behind the billiard table, the soldiers, their eyes fixed upon Enjolras,… — Victor Hugo Barricade Copy Share Image
“His tavern sign bore witness to his feats of arms. He had painted it himself, being a Jack-of-all-trades who did everything badly.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Jean Valjean opened his eyes and looked at the bishop with an expression which no human tongue can describe.” — Victor Hugo Jean valjean Copy Share Image
In this way, his unhappy soul struggled with its anguish. Eighteen hundred years before this unfortunate man, the mysterious Being, in whom… — Victor Hugo Anguish Copy Share Image
“In these aspirations, much more than in deliberate, rational coordinated ideas, is the real character of a man to be found. Our… — Victor Hugo Character of a man Copy Share Image
Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw. — Victor Hugo Bird Copy Share Image
“When the nettle is young, the leaves make excellent greens; when it grows old it has filaments and fibers like hemp and… — Victor Hugo Humanity Copy Share Image
If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision those of its members who were most… — Victor Hugo Chance Copy Share Image
Justice has its anger, my lord Bishop, and the wrath of justice is an element of progress. Whatever else may be said… — Victor Hugo Agree Copy Share Image
“They were moments when she was suddenly reminded of her child, and perhaps also of the man she had loved; the breaking… — victor hugo Children Copy Share Image
“Whither will suffering lead me? To nothingness; but I shall have suffered. Whither will enjoyment lead me? To nothingness; but I shall… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There exists, at the bottom of all abasement and misfortune, a last extreme which rebels and joins battle with the forces of… — Victor Hugo Abasement Copy Share Image
“No temamos nunca a los ladrones ni a los asesinos. Temamonos a nosotros mismos, porque los grandes peligros se encuentran dentro de… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“She is resigned, with that resignation resembling indifference as death resembles sleep.” — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
“If you ask the great city, ‘Who is this person?,’ she will answer, ‘He is my child.” — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“The wretchedness of a child interests a mother, the wretchedness of a young man interests a young girl, the wretchedness of an… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and… — Victor Hugo Crime Copy Share Image
“Civil war... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as 'foreign war'? Was not all warfare between men warfare… — Victor Hugo Civil war Copy Share Image
