1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you in his image, I reply that he must have been very ugly.

To rise at six, to dine at ten, To sup at six, to sleep at ten, Makes a man live for ten times ten.

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.

You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and a greater mystery, woman.

I am for religion, against religions.

Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great.

Love is the salutation of the angel to the stars

Now, one cannot read nonsense with impunity.