More Quotes by Victor Hugo
Thus, in speaking of Bonaparte, one was free to sob or to puff up with laughter, provided that hatred lay at the bottom.
Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.
Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
Not being heard is no reason for silence.
The tomb is not a blind alley: it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight. It opens on the dawn.
The peculiar property of truth is never to commit excesses. What need has it of exaggeration?
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.
