1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Not ill? No truly, I am young, healthful, and strong; the blood flows freely in my veins; my limbs obey my will; I am robust in mind and body, constituted for a long life. Yes, all this is true; and yet, nevertheless, I have an illness, a fatal illness,-an illness given by the hand of man!

Jean Prouvaire was timid only in repose. Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric.

My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art.

Idleness is a mother. She has a son, robbery, and a daughter, hunger.

Wisdom is the health of the soul.