1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.

Those who every morning plan the transactions of the day and follow out that plan carry a thread that will guide them through the labyrinth of the most busy life. The orderly arrangement of their time is like a ray of light which darts itself through all their occupations. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidents, chaos will soon reign.

During a wise man's whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.

This child whom we Love, Brings daylight Into our soul.

We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are.

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.

The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet permeate it.

A joyous little creature, so beautiful, It was as if a gate of Heaven opened as she came in...

Dying is nothing. What's terrible is not to live.