The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness. Victor Hugo atrophycenturychild Change image and share on social
The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas. Victor Hugo deficiencygeniusidea Change image and share on social
There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing. Victor Hugo centurygreatliberty Change image and share on social
There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature. Victor Hugo generallawmodel Change image and share on social
One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation. Victor Hugo absorbactarm share on social
What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past. Victor Hugo echofuturehistory Change image and share on social
Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. Victor Hugo browgodhope Change image and share on social
Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal. Victor Hugo achievedeathdream Change image and share on social
My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic. Victor Hugo actionaristocraticdemocratic Change image and share on social
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds. Victor Hugo actchilddeed Change image and share on social