More Quotes by Victor Hugo
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it - there is a certain shameful solidarity.
If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.
The social edifice of the past rests on three columns,—the priest, the king, and the hangman.
Every man is a book in which God himself writes.
To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
He was fond of the tavern, and felt comfortable only among coarse language, military gallantries, easy beauties, and easy conquests.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.