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Victor Hugo Quotes: "As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly."

As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "France is great because she is France."

France is great because she is France.




Victor Hugo Quotes: "The peculiarity of sunrise is to make us laugh at all our terrors of the night, and our laugh is always proportioned to the fear we have had."

The peculiarity of sunrise is to make us laugh at all our terrors of the night, and our laugh is always proportioned to the fear we have had.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so."

The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.




Victor Hugo Quotes: "His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own."

His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "People do not read stupidities with impunity."

People do not read stupidities with impunity.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "He left her. She was dissatisfied with him. He had preferred to incur her anger rather than cause her pain. He had kept all the pain for himself."

He left her. She was dissatisfied with him. He had preferred to incur her anger rather than cause her pain. He had kept all the pain for himself.




Victor Hugo Quotes: "Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand."

Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness."

The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation."

To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves."

Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background."

Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.




Victor Hugo Quotes: "The earth is a great piece of stupidity."

The earth is a great piece of stupidity.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man."

Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray."

Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul."

To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "To live a life which is a perpetual falsehood is to suffer unknown tortures."

To live a life which is a perpetual falsehood is to suffer unknown tortures.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "It is those books which a man possesses but does not read which constitute the most suspicious evidence against him."

It is those books which a man possesses but does not read which constitute the most suspicious evidence against him.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it."

Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The first proof of charity in a priest, and especially a bishop, is poverty."

The first proof of charity in a priest, and especially a bishop, is poverty.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Work, which makes a man free, and thought, which makes him worthy of freedom."

Work, which makes a man free, and thought, which makes him worthy of freedom.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for the extravagant, for the too much, for that which is not good for anything."

Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for the extravagant, for the too much, for that which is not good for anything.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Youth, even in its sorrows, always has a brilliancy of its own."

Youth, even in its sorrows, always has a brilliancy of its own.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use."

So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Dying is nothing. What's terrible is not to live."

Dying is nothing. What's terrible is not to live.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed."

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great."

Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God."

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The most terrible of motives and the most unanswerable of responses: Because."

The most terrible of motives and the most unanswerable of responses: Because.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure; it no longer rests upon anything but what is elevated and great."

The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure; it no longer rests upon anything but what is elevated and great.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The hand which moves over the dial moves also among souls."

The hand which moves over the dial moves also among souls.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "If I have not been exposed and am not in any danger of pursuit. But I have been exposed, I am pursued - by myself! That is a pursuer that does not readily let go."

If I have not been exposed and am not in any danger of pursuit. But I have been exposed, I am pursued - by myself! That is a pursuer that does not readily let go.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, and vice the real murderer."

It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, and vice the real murderer.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion."

Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "A man trying to escape never thinks himself sufficiently concealed."

A man trying to escape never thinks himself sufficiently concealed.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Youth is the future smiling at a stranger, which is itself."

Youth is the future smiling at a stranger, which is itself.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "God became man, granted. The devil became a woman."

God became man, granted. The devil became a woman.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "These are true felicities. No joy beyond these joys. Love is the only ecstasy, everything else weeps"

These are true felicities. No joy beyond these joys. Love is the only ecstasy, everything else weeps



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand."

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds."

He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less."

Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit."

It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious."

Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "To pay compliments to the one we love is the first method of caressing, a demi-audacity venturing. A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil."

To pay compliments to the one we love is the first method of caressing, a demi-audacity venturing. A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "To have lied is to have suffered."

To have lied is to have suffered.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "He had not yet lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at hand then the impossible, and that what must be looked for is always the unforeseen."

He had not yet lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at hand then the impossible, and that what must be looked for is always the unforeseen.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Her soul trembled on her lips like a drop of dew on a flower."

Her soul trembled on her lips like a drop of dew on a flower.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Love resembles a tree: it bends under its own weight, deeply rooted in our being and sometimes turns green in the ruins of a heart."

Love resembles a tree: it bends under its own weight, deeply rooted in our being and sometimes turns green in the ruins of a heart.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "In every cradle decked with rosy wreath Lurk germs of death."

In every cradle decked with rosy wreath Lurk germs of death.