1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

Often when we think we are knotting one thread, we are tying quite another.

M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.

Hope is a delusion; no hand can grasp a wave or a shadow.

There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.

That is the explanation of war, an outrage by humanity upon humanity in despite of humanity.

To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.