“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
Oh Lord! Open the doors of night for me So that I may leave this place and disappear. — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
“In the first place, the direct creation of words. Therein lies the mystery of tongues. To paint with words, which contains figures… — Victor Hugo First place Copy Share Image
“Without knowing it, Javert in his awful happiness was deserving of pity, like every ignorant man who triumphs. Nothing could have been… — Victor Hugo Happiness Copy Share Image
“A miscreant with coiffed, scented hair, a slender waist, the hips of a woman and the chest of a Prussian officer, with… — Victor Hugo Bad boy Copy Share Image
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? — Victor Hugo Civil war Copy Share Image
“Man lives by affirmation even more than he does by bread. a” — Victor Hugo Affirmation Copy Share Image
“Thenardier had just passed his fiftieth birthday; Madame Thenardier was approaching her forties, which is equivalent to fifty in a woman; so… — Victor Hugo Husband and wife Copy Share Image
“Avaj! Šta su sve te sudbine tako gurnute i izmešane? Kuda idu? Zašto su takve? Onaj koji to zna vidi sav mrak.… — Victor Hugo Fortune Copy Share Image