1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.

Be happy without picking flaws.

Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

À ceux qui ignorent, enseignez-leur [...]Le coupable n'est pas celui qui y fait le péché, mais celui qui y a fait l'ombre.

Every day has its great grief or its small anxiety. ... One cloud is dispelled, another forms. There is hardly one day in a hundred of real joy and bright sunshine.

Flat ubi vult

His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own.