“It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit. To… — Victor Hugo Excellence Copy Share Image
“Napoleon was accustomed to gaze steadily at war; he never added up the heart-rending details, cipher by cipher; ciphers mattered little to… — Victor Hugo War Copy Share Image
“any one who had listened to Courfeyrac in 1828 would have thought he heard Tholomyes in 1817. Only, Courfeyrac was an honourable… — Victor Hugo Psychology Copy Share Image
“Let us never fear robbers not murderers. Those are dangers from without, petty dangers. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real… — Victor Hugo Danger Copy Share Image
With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we… — Victor Hugo Bad man Copy Share Image
If the infinite had no me, then me would be its limit. It would not be the infinite, therefore it would not… — Victor Hugo Ifs Copy Share Image
“if she had not been a gypsy, and if he had not been a priest” — Victor Hugo Claude-frollo Copy Share Image
“What am I to do on this earth? The choice rests with me: suffer or enjoy. Whither will suffering lead me? To… — Victor Hugo Nature Copy Share Image
“Nothing on the horizon; nothing in heaven. He implores the expanse, the waves, the seaweed, the reef; they are deaf. He beseeches… — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
Can human nature ever be wholly and radically transformed? Can the man whom God made good be made wicked by man? Can… — Victor Hugo Bent Copy Share Image
Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow. — Victor Hugo Calmness Copy Share Image
“There are instincts which respond to all the chance meetings in life. The little girl was not afraid.” — Victor Hugo Chance meeting Copy Share Image
“Do what you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic in the heart of man, love.” — Victor Hugo Love Copy Share Image
“For that matter," said Toussaint, "it's true. We would be assassinated before we'd have time to say Boo! And then, since Monsieur… — Victor Hugo Humour Copy Share Image
The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything butfruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them. — Victor Hugo Great saying by great authors Copy Share Image
A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer; that is as simple as the law of the complementary colours. What… — Victor Hugo Believer Copy Share Image
“Ima jedan dan kada svaka mlada djevojka pogleda ovako. Teško onome ko se nađe tu! Ovaj prvi pogled duše koja još samu… — Victor Hugo Pogled Copy Share Image
“They fathomed principle; they attached themselves to right. They longed for the absolute, they caught glimpses of the infinite realisations; the absolute,… — Victor Hugo Dreams Copy Share Image
“Moreover, and we must not forget this, interests which are not very friendly to the ideal and the sentimental are in the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern. — Victor Hugo Affair Copy Share Image
“had imbibed a prejudice against my uncle’s favorite slave. There was something crawling in his servility; for though outdoor slavery does not… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
