1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.

The repose of darkness is deeper on the water than on the land.

To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just.

No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.

Night and the day, when united, Bring forth the beautiful light.

Creation lives, grows, and multiplies; man is but a witness.

What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.