“What is more melancholy and more profound than to see a thousand objects for the first and the last time? To travel… — Victor Hugo Birth Copy Share Image
“Conscience is the quantity of innate science which we have within us.” — Victor Hugo Ethics Copy Share Image
The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them. — Victor Hugo Bird Copy Share Image
“Marius made a movement. 'Oh, don't go!' she said. 'It won't be long.' She was sitting almost upright, but her voice was… — Victor Hugo Another world Copy Share Image
My childhood began, as everybody's childhood begins, with prejudices. Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in… — Victor Hugo Age Copy Share Image
“To love, or to have loved,—this suffices. Demand nothing more. There is no other pearl to be found in the shadowy folds… — Victor Hugo Life Copy Share Image
“Woe, alas, to the one who shall have loved bodies, forms, appearances only. Death will take everything from him. Try to love… — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
“There is no one for spying on people's actions like those who are not concerned in them” — Victor Hugo People'S Actions Copy Share Image
Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to… — Victor Hugo Burning Copy Share Image
A benevolent malefactor, merciful, gentle, helpful, clement, a convict, returning good for evil, giving back pardon for hatred, preferring pity to vengeance,… — Victor Hugo Angel Copy Share Image
“Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this fact is recognized,—that the human race has been treated… — Victor Hugo Human race Copy Share Image
“When they saw him making money, they said, "He is a man of business." When they saw him scattering his money about,… — Victor Hugo Ambitious man Copy Share Image
“A room where one merely goes to bed costs twenty sous but a room where one retires may cost twenty francs.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“It does not do to let the senses fall asleep, whether in the shade of the sacred tree or in the shadow… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all… — Victor Hugo Accepted Copy Share Image
Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. — Victor Hugo Every man Copy Share Image
“The best minds have their soft spots and sometimes feel somewhat bruised by the scant respect of logic.” — Victor Hugo Intelligence Copy Share Image
“So how do magistrates understand the word civilization? Where do we stand with it? Justice reduced to subterfuge and trickery! The law… — Victor Hugo Law Copy Share Image
“In becoming dirt, she has been turned to stone. To touch her is to feel a chill.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“I encountered in the street a penniless young man who was in love. His hat was old and his jacket worn, with… — Victor Hugo Love Copy Share Image
