1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Popularity? It’s glory’s small change.

But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God’s fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength.

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry.

His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one’s own.

The clouds, – the only birds that never sleep.

My fellow, you strike me at present as being situated in the moon, kingdom of dream, province of illusion, capital: Soap-Bubble.

The infinite is. He is there. If the infinite had no person, person would be without limit; it would not be infinite; in other words, it would not exist. There is, then, an I. That I of the infinite is God.

Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.

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