200+ "Victor Hugo" Quotes And Sayings

Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, playwright, and political activist of the early part of the 19th century. His contributions to literature include Les Misérables, considered one of the greatest novels of all time. Hugo is considered one of France's greatest writers. He was one of France's "Five Poets" alongside Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire and Stéphane Mallarmé Read more

He is best known for his immense body of work, but also has been a prolific essayist and dramatist.

What Is Love? I have met in the streets a...
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What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul Victor Hugo
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The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only. Victor Hugo
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we...
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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo
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Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. --I shall feel it." She dropped her head again on Marius' knees, and her eyelids closed. He thought the poor soul had departed. Eponine remained motionless. All at once, at the very moment when Marius fancied her asleep forever, she slowly opened her eyes in which appeared the sombre profundity of death, and said to him in a tone whose sweetness seemed already to proceed from another world:--" And by the way, Monsieur Marius, I believe that I was a little bit in love with you. Victor Hugo
You who suffer because you love, love still more. To...
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You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it. Victor Hugo
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When 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 than the two boundaries of the same destiny; they are no longer anything but the two wings of the same spirit. Love, soar. Victor Hugo
I have been loving you a little more every minute...
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I have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning. Victor Hugo
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Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other. Victor Hugo
Love is the only future God offers.
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Love is the only future God offers. Victor Hugo
If people did not love one another, I really don't...
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If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring. Victor Hugo
The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many...
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The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man. Victor Hugo
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. Victor Hugo
Not being heard is no reason for silence.
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Not being heard is no reason for silence. Victor Hugo
Those who do not weep, do not see.
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Those who do not weep, do not see. Victor Hugo
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be...
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. Victor Hugo
Life's great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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Life's great happiness is to be convinced we are loved. Victor Hugo
Each man should frame life so that at some future...
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Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet. Victor Hugo
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More powerful than the mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
When the heart is dry the eye is dry.
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When the heart is dry the eye is dry. Victor Hugo
Where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and who can...
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Where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and who can say which has the wider vision? Victor Hugo