1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

No religion but blasphemes a little.

I was dying when you came.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty. Noble and mysterious triumphs that no eye sees, and no fame rewards, and no flourish of triumph salutes. Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields that have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.

Death belongs to God alone; by what right do men touch that unknown thing?

A queen, devoid of beauty is not queen; She needs the royalty of beauty's mien.

Men hate those to whom they have to lie.

To see so much misery everywhere, I suspect that God is not rich. He keeps up appearances, it is true, but I feel the pinch. He gives a revolution as a merchant, whose credit is low, gives a ball.