1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

He did not study God; he was dazzled by him.

Phenomena intersect; to see but one is to see nothing.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

To live a life which is a perpetual falsehood is to suffer unknown tortures.

Nothing is so stifling as symmetry. Symmetry is boredom, the quintessence of mourning. Despair yawns. There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering - a hell of boredom.

I think I missed my calling. I should have been an interior decorator.

‎"Dost thou understand? I love thee!" he cried again."What love!" said the unhappy girl with a shudder.He resumed,--"The love of a damned soul.

He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.