Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan… — Victor Hugo Born Copy Share Image
“He was over ninety years of age, his walk was erect, he talked loudly, saw clearly, drank neat, ate, slept, and snored.… — Victor Hugo Good health Copy Share Image
“He visited the poor so long as he had any money; when he no longer had any, he visited the rich.” — Victor Hugo Money Copy Share Image
“Death does not concern me. He who takes his first step uses perhaps his last shoes. (Halmalo)” — Victor Hugo Courage Copy Share Image
It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit. — Victor Hugo Deceived Copy Share Image
“The sixth of January, 1482, is not, however, a day of which history has preserved the memory. There was nothing notable in… — Victor Hugo Early morning Copy Share Image
“How do we know that the creation of worlds is not determined by the fall of grains of sand? Who knows the… — Victor Hugo Astronomy Copy Share Image
“He did not seek to assume the mantle of Elijah, to shed a light of the future upon the misty turmoil of… — Victor Hugo Belief 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
The author creates a book and the people accept or not accept it. The creator of a book is an author and… — Victor Hugo Accepting Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous than to stop working. It is a habit that can soon be lost, one that is easily neglected… — Victor Hugo Dangerous Copy Share Image
In the relations of man with the animals, with the flowers, with all the objects of creation, there is a whole great… — Victor Hugo Animal Copy Share Image
“There is nothing like a dream to create the future. Utopia to-day, flesh and blood tomorrow.” — Victor Hugo Dreams Copy Share Image
A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as a woman without children. — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“Then, with the barricades complete, the posts assigned, the muskets loaded, the lookouts placed, alone in these fearful streets in which there… — Victor Hugo Fear Copy Share Image
“Do not ask the name of the person who asks you for a bed for the night. He whose name is a… — Victor Hugo Helping others Copy Share Image
Nothing is so stifling as symmetry. Symmetry is boredom, the quintessence of mourning. Despair yawns. There is something more terrible than a… — Victor Hugo Blessing Copy Share Image
“There, at a depth to which divers would find it difficult to descend, are caverns, haunts, and dusky mazes, where monstrous creatures… — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
