1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.

I am like a forest that has once been razed; the new shoots are stronger and brisker.

Popularity is glory's small change.

Take away time is money, and what is left of England? take away cotton is king, and what is left of America?

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable.  There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

He sought to transform the grief that looks down into the grave by showing it the grief that looks up to the stars.

Reaction a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

Inspiration and genius--one and the same.

All the human and animal manure which the world wastes, if returned to the land, instead of being thrown into the sea, would suffice to nourish the world