At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Monsieur Bienvenu was simply a man who accepted these mysterious questions...and who had in his soul a deep respect for the mystery… — Victor Hugo Mystery Copy Share Image
“The supreme happiness in life is the assurance of being loved; of being loved for oneself, even in spite of oneself...” — Victor Hugo Confidence Copy Share Image
“Sin as little as possible-that is the law of mankind. Not to sin at all is the dream of the angel. All… — Victor Hugo Angels Copy Share Image
“A creditor is worst than a master; for a master owns only your physical presence, whereas a creditor owns your dignity and… — Victor Hugo Respect Copy Share Image
No matter who you are, the thought of so much suffering and degradation must cause you to shudder at the sight of… — Victor Hugo Atheism Copy Share Image
“He who has seen the misery of man only has seen nothing, he must see the misery of woman; he who has… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“The wretchedness of a child interests a mother, the wretchedness of a young man interests a young girl, the wretchedness of an… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
“Each time that he uttered the word sir, in his voice which was so gently grave and polished, the man's face lighted… — Victor Hugo Time Copy Share Image
“He felt as though his brain were on fire. She had come to him, what joy! And then, how she had looked… — Victor Hugo Beauty Copy Share Image
“Let us remark by the way, that to be blind and to be loved, is, in fact, one of the most strangely… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Long live the Republic! I'm one of them." Grantaire had risen. The immense gleam of the whole combat which he had missed,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“We may be indifferent to the death penalty and not declare ourselves either way so long as we have not seen a… — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose… — Victor Hugo Fiction Copy Share Image
“And if you wish to receive of the ancient city an impression with which the modern one can no longer furnish you,… — Victor Hugo Beyond the horizon Copy Share Image
“As there is no appearance of daylight, what is to be done during the night? It occurred to me that I would… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
First it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation to nature… — Victor Hugo Animal Copy Share Image
“In all his trials he felt encouraged and sometimes even upbourne by a secret force within. The soul helps the body, and… — Victor Hugo Bird Copy Share Image
“The moral world has no greater spectacle than this: a troubled and restless conscience on the verge of committing an evil deed,… — Victor Hugo Character Copy Share Image
I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is… — Victor Hugo Abyss Copy Share Image
“Who goes there?" At the same time, the click of guns, as they were lowered into position, was heard. Enjolras replied in… — Victor Hugo French revolution Copy Share Image
The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than… — Victor Hugo Architecture Copy Share Image
“There were corpses here and there and pools of blood. I remember seeing a butterfly flutter up and down that street. Summer… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“With just the ‘Carmagnole’ to sing he will only overthrow Louis XVI; but give him the ‘Marseillaise’ and he will liberate the… — Victor Hugo Louis Xvi Copy Share Image
Do you know what friendship is... it is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on… — Victor Hugo Brother Copy Share Image
“in our civilization there are fearful hours - such are those when the criminal law pronounces shipwreck upon a man. What a… — Victor Hugo Criminal law Copy Share Image
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Exile is not a material thing, it is a spiritual thing. All corners of the earth are exactly the same. And anywhere… — Victor Hugo Exile Copy Share Image
“He loved to saunter through fields of wild oats and corn-flowers, and busied himself with clouds nearly as much as with events.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The Convention promulgated this great axiom: "The liberty of one citizen ends where the liberty of another citizen begins," which comprises in… — Victor Hugo Freedom Copy Share Image
“He who has not been a determined accuser during prosperity should hold his peace in adversity. He alone who denounces the success… — Victor Hugo Adversity Copy Share Image
A cannonball travels only two thousand miles an hour; light travels two hundred thousand miles a second. Such is the superiority of… — Victor Hugo Cannonballs Copy Share Image
“To love or have loved is enough. Don't ask for anything more. There is no other pearl to be found in the… — Victor Hugo Life Copy Share Image
“What a great thing, to be loved! What a greater thing still, to love! The heart becomes heroic though passion…if no one… — Victor Hugo Heroic Copy Share Image
“one felt the sacred intimacy of the birds and the trees; by day the wings rejoice the leaves, by night the leaves… — Victor Hugo Romance Copy Share Image
“A creature so beautiful that God would have preferred her to the Virgin and have chosen her for his mother and have… — Victor Hugo Animals Copy Share Image
Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
...It all seemed to him to have disappeared as if behind a curtain at a theater. There are such curtains that drop… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for… — Victor Hugo Bread Copy Share Image
There is suffering in the light; in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly,… — Victor Hugo Excess Copy Share Image
