The spirit of God, like the sun, always gives all its light at once. The spirit of man resembles the pale moon,… — Victor Hugo Absence Copy Share Image
“One can no more prevent thought from recurring to an idea than one can the sea from returning to the shore: the… — Victor Hugo Ocean Copy Share Image
Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page… — Victor Hugo Architecture Copy Share Image
Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was… — Victor Hugo Goodness Copy Share Image
Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure… — Victor Hugo Abandonment Copy Share Image
Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary. — Victor Hugo Impossible Copy Share Image
“If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who committed the sin, but… — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
“So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation, which, in the face of civilisation, artificially… — Victor Hugo Books Copy Share Image
“Joly, perceiving a cat prowling on a gutter, extracted philosophy from it. "What is the cat?" he exclaimed. "It is a corrective.… — Victor Hugo Philosophy Copy Share Image
Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in… — Victor Hugo Beautiful Copy Share Image
Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing. — Victor Hugo Doe Copy Share Image
She was a lovely blonde, with fine teeth. She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her… — Victor Hugo Blonde Copy Share Image
Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind. — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
“These Parisians came, one from Toulouse, another from Limoges, the third from Cahors, and the fourth from Montauban; but they were students;… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“After the dazzling orgies in form and color of the eighteenth century, art was put on a diet, and allowed nothing but… — Victor Hugo Art Copy Share Image
To destroy abuses is not enough; Habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there." ~old… — Victor Hugo Abuse Copy Share Image
“Peoples, like planets, possess the right to an eclipse. And all is well, provided that the light returns and that the eclipse… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less. — Victor Hugo Boldness Copy Share Image
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men. — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
No doubt it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. That work is already advanced and is making progress every… — Victor Hugo Animal Copy Share Image
“The cities make ferocious men because they may corrupt man. The mountain, the sea, the forest, make savage men; they development fierce… — Victor Hugo Cities Copy Share Image
