1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

La vie, le malheur, l'isolement, l'abandon, la pauvreté, sont des champs de bataille qui ont leurs héros ; héros obscurs plus grands parfois que les héros illustres.

What am I to do on this earth? The choice rests with me: suffer or enjoy. Whither will suffering lead me? To nothingness; but I shall have suffered. Whither will enjoyment lead me? To nothingness; but I shall have enjoyed myself.

That I may carry on what I have begun, that I may do good, that I may be one day a grand and encouraging example that it may be said that there was finally some little happiness resulting from this suffering which I have undergone and this virtue to which I have returned!

He did not seek to efface pain in forgetfulness, he sought to elevate it and to dignify it with hope. He would say, "Be careful how you turn to the dead. Don't think of the rotting. Hold your gaze and you will see the living light of your dearly loved departed up above in heaven.

Amis, un dernier mot! - et je ferme à jamaisCe livre à ma pensée étranger désormais,Je n'écouterai pas ce qu'en dira la foule,Car qu'importe à la source où son onde s'écoule?

Always and everywhere people are to be found who have seen everything.

Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.

L’argot n’est autre chose qu’un vestiaire où la langue, ayant quelque mauvaise action à faire, se déguise. Elle s’y revêt de mots masques et de métaphores haillons.

Argot is both a literary and a social phenomenon. What is argot, properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery.