“Blacheville smiles with the self-satisfied smugness of a man whose vanity is tickled” — Victor Hugo Pride Copy Share Image
“Be serious,” said Enjolras. “I am wild,” replied Grantaire.” — Victor Hugo Absurdity Copy Share Image
Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres. — Victor Hugo Blunders Copy Share Image
“My friends, remember this: There are no bad herbs, and no bad men; there are only bad cultivators.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous than discontinued labor; it is habit lost. A habit easy to abandon, difficult to resume. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Be it said in passing, that success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.” — Victor Hugo Success Copy Share Image
I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one. — Victor Hugo Criticism Copy Share Image
It is those books which a man possesses but does not read which constitute the most suspicious evidence against him. — Victor Hugo Book Copy Share Image
“The terrible shock of his sentence had in some way broken that wall which separates us from the mystery of things beyond… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The counterfeits of the past take assumed names, and are fond of calling themselves the future. That eternally returning spector, the past,… — Victor Hugo Time Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than… — Victor Hugo Country Copy Share Image
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for… — Victor Hugo Affections Copy Share Image
Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character,… — Victor Hugo Character Copy Share Image
“Monseigneur Bienvenu was simply a man who took note of the exterior of mysterious questions without scrutinizing them, and without troubling his… — Victor Hugo Respect Copy Share Image
“Govorio je čak da je povjerilac gori nego gospodar; jer gospodar raspolaže samo sa vašom ličnošću, a povjerilac raspolaže vašim dostojanstvom i… — Victor Hugo Dug Copy Share Image
“My dear boy, a piece of advice. Read not so many books, and look a little more upon the Peggies. The little… — Victor Hugo Books Copy Share Image
“If anything is horrible, if there is a reality that surpasses our worst dreams, it is this: to live, to see the… — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
Because a fact seems strange to you, you conclude that it is not one. ... All science, however, commences by being strange.… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart… — Victor Hugo Facts Copy Share Image
“It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit. To… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Love is like a tree: it shoots of itself; it strikes it's roots deeply into our whole being, and frequently continues to… — Victor Hugo Circumstance 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
Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibers. Take the cable thread by thread, take separately all… — Victor Hugo Blunders Copy Share Image
“If mankind is to advance there must be installed permanently at the head of its columns proud instances of courage. Acts of… — Victor Hugo Courage Copy Share Image