Victor Hugo Quotes

Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French Author
Born: Feb 26, 1802
Died: May 22, 1885
God Great Life Love Man Soul
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past. Victor Hugo
Future History Past Echo Reflex
When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide. Victor Hugo
God World Destruction Every Suicide Destroy Bad He Institution Itself Ends Thing Desires
Stupidity talks, vanity acts. Victor Hugo
Stupidity Vanity Talks Acts
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. Victor Hugo
Strength Words Strong Cause Weak Bitter Indicate
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo
Happiness Life Conviction Ourselves Rather Spite Supreme Loved
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
Time Invasion Idea Come Armies Whose Resisted
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. Victor Hugo
Down Society Others Tries Above Individual Lift Mass Either Republic Themselves Ridicule Slander Dragged
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask. Victor Hugo
Mask Beauty Virtue Veil Vice
Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. Victor Hugo
Funny More Than Revolutions Done Fashions Harm
Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. Victor Hugo
Love Nature Soul Love Is Paradise Atmosphere Itself Celestial Same Romantic Breathing Portion
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling. Victor Hugo
Genius Seen Whatever Mediocrity Too Everything Lofty Easy Admire About Horror Sacred Hills Well Masterpiece Mountain Grand Appalling Assembly Near
There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees. Victor Hugo
Thoughts Soul Whatever Posture Knees Prayers Which Body Moments
Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on. Victor Hugo
Prevent River Reaction Does Current Going Which Against Boat Flowing
Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak. Victor Hugo
Life Death Future Faith Great Me Soul Heart Grief Speak Light Mind Daughter Believe Otherwise Our Saw Future Life Touched Could Open Well Sorrows How Revelations Which Us
Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
Time World Nothing Else Idea Powerful Come Armies Whose
The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness. Victor Hugo
Love Man Girl First Young Symptom Timidity Young Man Boldness
Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it. Victor Hugo
Evil Those More Mistrust Than Who Even Rejoice
Conscience is God present in man. Victor Hugo
God Man Conscience Present
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. Victor Hugo
Attitude Thoughts Soul Whatever Knees Prayers Certain Body Moments
Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. Victor Hugo
Hope God Man Word Every Brow Written Which Every Man
Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved. Victor Hugo
Happiness Life Greatest Greatest Happiness Loved Convinced
Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the press interfered with, there we see the nutrition of the human family interrupted. Victor Hugo
Freedom Family Liberty Every Nutrition Press Diminution See Followed Civilization Human Wherever Human Family Interfered Interrupted
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. Victor Hugo
Light Fire Every Out Learn Read Spark Syllable
Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you in his image, I reply that he must have been very ugly. Victor Hugo
Me You Humanity Ugly Made Hell Tell Must Deity Outrage He Been His Very Reply Hell Is Your Image
Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet. Victor Hugo
Life Future Dreams Man Meet Frame Dreaming Some Fact Hour His Should Each Each Man
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. Victor Hugo
Love Fathers Adore Does His Children Grandfather Grandson Who
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