Victor HugoOne can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.371Thought
Victor HugoRhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.372Politics
Victor HugoWhen love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they are no longer anything more tha… ▶372LifeLoveReading
Victor HugoAll that was neither a city, nor a church, nor a river, nor color, nor light, nor shadow: it was reverie. For a long time, I remained motionless, letting myself be penetrated gent… ▶372ThoughtTime
Victor HugoHe had, they said, tasted in succession all the apples of the tree of knowledge, and, whether from hunger or disgust, had ended by tasting the forbidden fruit. ✨ Victor Hugo… ▶372Reading
Victor HugoReligions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.351Philosophy
Victor HugoHow did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees… ▶373Humanity
Victor HugoCivilization survives on the constant discovery of amity and an equal supply of damnation.362Humanity
Victor HugoOften when we think we are knotting one thread, we are tying quite another. ✨ Victor Hugo (2016). Les miserables, p.1110, Victor Hugo351ReadingThought
Victor HugoYouth is the future smiling at a stranger, which is itself. ✨ Victor Hugo (1980). Les misérables, Viking Pr351HopeTime
Victor HugoProfound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny. ✨ Victor Hugo (2007). Hugo's Works: Les M… ▶373LifeLoveThought
Victor HugoWhenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. ✨ Bracebridge Hall. Book by Washington Irving, 1822.<… ▶363ReadingThought
Victor HugoNations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reap… ▶352Sadness
Victor HugoTo learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. ✨ Victor Hugo (1980). Les misérables, Viking Pr341Reading
Victor HugoThe animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.341Truth
Victor HugoTo give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.352Reflection
Victor HugoThe greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.352LifeLove
Victor HugoThe need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must have the ideal. ✨ Victor Hugo (2010). The Works of Victor … ▶341ReadingThought
Victor HugoA saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement-in a word… ▶363Thought
Victor HugoIdeas can no more flow backward than can a river.374Thought
Victor HugoThe owl goes not into the nest of the lark. ✨ Victor Hugo (1904). Notre Dame of Paris341Time
Victor HugoEngland has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.374Reading
Victor HugoTo love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life. ✨ Victor Hugo (2012). Les Miserables, p.552, Simon… ▶374LifeLove
Victor HugoShe was a lovely blonde, with fine teeth. She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth. ✨ Victor Hugo (2015). Les Mi… ▶363Love
Victor HugoNow, one cannot read nonsense with impunity. ✨ Victor Hugo (2016). Les miserables, p.205, Victor Hugo341Reading
Victor Hugowhere would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult341Love
Victor HugoTobacco is the plant that converts thoughts into dreams.352Thought
Victor HugoThe day that a woman who is passing before you sheds a light upon you as she goes, you are lost, you love. You have then but one thing to do: to think of her so earnestly that she… ▶363LoveThought
Victor HugoA house is built of logs and stone, of tiles and posts and piers; a home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years.363Reflection
Victor HugoEverything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left. ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult364Life
