1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.

Kings are for nations in their swaddling-clothes: France has attained her majority.

Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character, 'Tis the fault of Voltaire; Misery is my trousseau 'Tis the fault of Rousseau.] - Gavroche

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Religion, Society, and Nature--these are the three struggles of man.

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.

The sunshine was delightful, the foliage gently astir, more from the activity of birds than from the breeze. One gallant little bird, doubtless lovelorn, was singing his heart out at the top of a tall tree.