1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

Il vient une heure où protester ne suffit plus ; après la philosophie il faut l’action ; la vive force achève ce que l’idée a ébauché.

Where women are honored, the divinities are pleased. Where they are despised, it is useless to pray to God.

Das Lachen ist die Sonne, die aus dem menschlichen Antlitz den Winter vertreibt.

Loving is half of believing.

La vie n'est qu'une longue perte de tout ce qu'on aime.

He who every morning plans the transactions of that day and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.

Common right is nought but the protection of all radiating over the right of each. This protection of all is termed Fraternity. The point of intersection of all these aggregated sovereignties is called Society. This intersection being a junction, this point is a knot. Hence comes what is called the social tie.

Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.