“To teach reading, means to light the fire; every syllable spelled out sparkles.” — Victor Hugo Education Copy Share Image
It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“One can perish from being undermined as well as from being struck by lightning.” — Victor Hugo Lightning Copy Share Image
“the cold and bitter scorn of the passers-by penetrated her very flesh and soul like a north wind.” — Victor Hugo North wind Copy Share Image
“Man lives by affirmation even more than he does by bread. a” — Victor Hugo Affirmation Copy Share Image
“Love each other well and always. There is nothing else but that in the world: love for each other.” — Victor Hugo Love Copy Share Image
“you are looking at a plain man and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit.” — Victor Hugo Great man Copy Share Image
What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain. — Victor Hugo Beauty Copy Share Image
“As long as there are misérables there will be a cloud on the horizon that can become a phantom and a phantom… — Victor Hugo Phantom Copy Share Image
“If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who committed the sin, but… — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
“My fellow, you strike me at present as being situated in the moon, kingdom of dream, province of illusion, capital: Soap-Bubble.” — Victor Hugo Dreams Copy Share Image
“Make as many laws as you please, men; but keep them for yourselves. The tribute to Caesar is never anything but the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys.… — Victor Hugo Eyes Copy Share Image
“The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman,… — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire had not… — Victor Hugo America Copy Share Image
The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to… — Victor Hugo Delight Copy Share Image
“Counterfeits of the past, under new names, may easily be mistaken for the future. The past, that ghostly traveler, is liable to… — Victor Hugo Time Copy Share Image
“Where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? Oh my brothers, this is the junction between… — Victor Hugo Barricade Copy Share Image
“had imbibed a prejudice against my uncle’s favorite slave. There was something crawling in his servility; for though outdoor slavery does not… — Victor Hugo Slave Copy Share Image
In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Let us have compassion on the chastised. Alas! Who are we ourselves? Who am I who now address you? Who are you… — Victor Hugo Compassion Copy Share Image
“Equality, citizens, is not the whole of society on a level, a society of tall blades of grass and small oaks, or… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“There exists yonder in the mountains," said the Bishop, "a tiny community no bigger than that, which I have not seen for… — Victor Hugo Christianity Copy Share Image
“He now clearly perceived the truth which was henceforth to be the centre of his life, namely, that while she was there,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
