The spirit of God, like the sun, always gives all its light at once. The spirit of man resembles the pale moon,… — Victor Hugo Absence Copy Share Image
The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other, as a whole and in its… — Victor Hugo Angel Copy Share Image
“You do not wish to earn your living, to have a task, to fulfil a duty! It bores you to be like… — Victor Hugo Duty Copy Share Image
We shall look on crime as a disease, and its physicians shall displace the judges, its hospitals displace the Galleys. Liberty and… — Victor Hugo Charity Copy Share Image
To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost… — Victor Hugo Civilization Copy Share Image
“It is a false and dangerous situation which bases public power on private want, and roots the grandeur of the State in… — Victor Hugo Government Copy Share Image
“So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid… — Victor Hugo Divine destiny Copy Share Image
“To blame or praise men on account of the result, is almost like praising or blaming figures on account of the sum… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Djali trotted along behind them, so overjoyed at seeing Gringoire again that she constantly made him stumble by affectionately putting her horns… — Victor Hugo Best friend Copy Share Image
Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Those who have succeeded in procuring this admirable materialism have the joy of feeling themselves irresponsible, and of thinking that they can… — Victor Hugo Materialism Copy Share Image
At that moment of love, a moment when passion is absolutely silent under omnipotence of ecstasy, Marius, pure seraphic Marius, would have… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“His brain was in one of those states that are both violent and yet frighteningly calm, in which thought runs so deep… — Victor Hugo Brain Copy Share Image
“Certainly she was wonderfully beautiful. All that could be said of her that was in any sense critical was that there seemed… — Victor Hugo Beauty Copy Share Image
“Pierce through the livid face of a human being at certain moments as they ponder, look behind the facade, look into the… — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
The beginning as well as the end of all his thoughts was hatred of human law, that hatred which, if it be… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called Progress, and so is its collective march.… — Victor Hugo Art Copy Share Image
“The right, indeed, is indestructible. Warsaw can no more be Tartar than Venice can be Teutonic. Kings waste their energies in that… — Victor Hugo Sooner or later Copy Share Image
“Then, turning to his sister: "Sister, never a precaution on the part of the priest, against his fellow-man. That which his fellow… — Victor Hugo Prayer Copy Share Image
“The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“She could become a child again, run and frolic, leave her hat on Valjean’s knees and fill it with bunches of wild… — Victor Hugo Butterflies Copy Share Image
“To attempt, to brave, to persist, and persevere, to be faithful to one's self, to wrestle with destiny, to astound the catastrophe… — Victor Hugo Fear Copy Share Image
When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so… — Victor Hugo Angelic Copy Share Image
“I have an old hat which is not worth three francs, I have a coat which lacks buttons in front, my shirt… — Victor Hugo Love Copy Share Image
“The book the reader has now before his eyes - from one end to the other, in its whole and in its… — Victor Hugo Book Copy Share Image
In the vast cosmical changes, the universal life comes and goes in unknown quantities, ... sowing an animalcule here, crumbling a star… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The earth was thus better lighted than the sky, which produces a particularly sinister effect, and the hill, whose contour was poor… — Victor Hugo Gloomy Copy Share Image
We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the… — Victor Hugo Affliction Copy Share Image
“Certain persons are malicious solely through a necessity for talking. Their conversation, the chat of the drawing-room, gossip of the anteroom, is… — Victor Hugo Communication Copy Share Image
“Whether there had not been more abuse on the part of the law, in respect to the penalty, than there had been… — Victor Hugo Respect Copy Share Image
“In the course of these trips he was kind and indulgent, and talked rather than preached. He never went far in search… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is in this… — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
“Three years ago, when this book first appeared, some people thought it was worth while to dispute the authorship! Some asserted that… — Victor Hugo Books Copy Share Image
To sum up all, let it be known that science and religion are two identical words. The learned do not suspect this,… — Victor Hugo Expression Copy Share Image
“Humanity is identity. All men are made of the same clay. No difference, here below at least, in predestination. The same darkness… — Victor Hugo Humanity Copy Share Image
Was it possible that Napoleon should win the battle of Waterloo? We answer, No! Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No!… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Throughout the month of May, every night, in that poor, wild garden, under that shrubbery, each day, more perfumed and dense, two… — Victor Hugo Every night Copy Share Image
“When they saw him making money, they said, "He is a man of business." When they saw him scattering his money about,… — Victor Hugo Ambitious man Copy Share Image
The Parisian is to the French what the Athenian was to the Greeks: no one sleeps better than he, no one is… — Victor Hugo Athenians Copy Share Image
“Now for my pains, promise me-“ And she hesitated. “What?” asked Marius. “Promise me!” “I promise you.” “Promise to kiss me on… — Victor Hugo Another world Copy Share Image
