1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.

The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life is made, the black vein of destiny reappears continually.

There must be people who pray even for those who never pray.

Women play with their beauty as children do with their knives. They wound themselves with it.

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.

Oh Lord! Open the doors of night for me So that I may leave this place and disappear.

Poetry contains philosophy as the soul contains reason.

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.