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
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
Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal. Victor Hugo desireexaminereveal Change image and share on social
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. Victor Hugo grandinteriorsea Change image and share on social
My childhood began, as everybody's childhood begins, with prejudices. Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in the course of his career, and often, alas! takes to them again in his old age. Victor Hugo agealabegin share on social
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. Victor Hugo emptyfillheart Change image and share on social
To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God. Victor Hugo casegodstrive Change image and share on social
We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present. Victor Hugo apparentenormitymicroscope Change image and share on social
