Best Victor Hugo Wisdom
- Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and dwarf trees, a jostle of… All
- A tempest ceases, a cyclone passes over, a wind dies down, a broken mast can be replaced, a leak can be stopped, a fire extinguished,… Broken
- Animals run no risk of going to hell. They are already there. Animal
- Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind;… Almost Always
- Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious. Develops
- A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn. Act
- To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul. Breathe
- In saying no to progress, it is not the future which they condemn, but themselves. They give themselves a melancholy disease; they inoculate themselves with… Condemn
- Wide horizons lead the soul to broad ideas; circumscribed horizons engender narrow ideas; this sometimes condemns great hearts to become small minded.Broad ideas hated by… Become Small
- It is sad to tell, but after having tried society, which had caused his misfortune, he tried Providence which created society, and condemned it also. Caused
- The death agony of the barricade was about to begin.For, since the preceding evening, the two rows of houses in the Rue de la Chanvrerie… Agony
- Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart; I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the violets, and… Ago
- It is the peculiarity of grief to bring out the childish side of man. Bring
- Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand. Accepting
- A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea. Army
- The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. Acts
- A poet is a world enclosed in a man. Enclosed
- Nothing is more true, more real, than the primeval magnetic disturbances that two souls may communicate to one another, through the tiny sparks of a… Communicate
- There is one spectacle grander than the sea, That is the sky. Grander
- Who among us has not sought peace in a song? Among
- Love is reducing the universe to one being. Inspirational
- Humanity is our common lot. All men are made of the same clay. There is no difference, at least here on Earth, in the fate… All
- There must be people who pray even for those who never pray. Inspirational
- To learn to read is to light a fire. Fire
- Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647;… Born
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