Top 197 Quotes by Victor Hugo

About Victor Hugo

These are some quotes by French author Victor Hugo Author, who lived between February 26, 1802 and May 22, 1885.

I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.

I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.

Victor Hugo

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

Victor Hugo

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Victor Hugo

Thought is more than a right - it is the very breath of man. Whoever fetters thought attacks man himself. To speak, to write, to publish, are things, so far as the right is concerned, absolutely identical. They are the ever-enlarging circles of intelligence in action; they are the sonorous waves of thought.

Victor Hugo

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

Victor Hugo

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Victor Hugo

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate.

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate.

Victor Hugo

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.'

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.'

Victor Hugo

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

Victor Hugo

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Victor Hugo

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