1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air, looked in the direction whence the shot came, and began to sing.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

The true artist can only labor con amore.

Nothing is really small; whoever is open to the deep penetration of nature knows this.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

There are plenty who regard a wall behind which something is happening as a very curious thing.

The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to us more radiant than ever.

A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man.

Whom man kills, him God restoreth to life.