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Victor Hugo Quotes: "In the domain of art there is no light without heat."

In the domain of art there is no light without heat.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie."

To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.




Victor Hugo Quotes: "In short, I am doing what I can, I suffer with the same universal suffering, and I try to assuage it, I possess only the puny forces of a man, and I cry to all: “Help me!"

In short, I am doing what I can, I suffer with the same universal suffering, and I try to assuage it, I possess only the puny forces of a man, and I cry to all: “Help me!



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Need is a low door which, when we must by stern necessity pass through, forces the greatest to bend down the most."

Need is a low door which, when we must by stern necessity pass through, forces the greatest to bend down the most.




Victor Hugo Quotes: "The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young."

The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Religion, Society, and Nature--these are the three struggles of man."

Religion, Society, and Nature--these are the three struggles of man.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "A fall from such a height is rarely straight downwards."

A fall from such a height is rarely straight downwards.




Victor Hugo Quotes: "During a wise man's whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege."

During a wise man's whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "I was dying when you came."

I was dying when you came.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other."

Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Anger may be foolish and absurd, and one may be wrongly irritated, but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is fundamentally right."

Anger may be foolish and absurd, and one may be wrongly irritated, but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is fundamentally right.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Popularity - a piece of faded tinsel, that is out of date."

Popularity - a piece of faded tinsel, that is out of date.




Victor Hugo Quotes: "Friend is sometimes a word devoid of meaning; enemy, never."

Friend is sometimes a word devoid of meaning; enemy, never.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "In my old age there is a coming into flower. My body wanes; my mind waxes."

In my old age there is a coming into flower. My body wanes; my mind waxes.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "In love, such a word, whispered, is a mysterious kiss of the soul to the soul."

In love, such a word, whispered, is a mysterious kiss of the soul to the soul.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good."

At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats."

Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The smaller it is the heart, more hatred houses."

The smaller it is the heart, more hatred houses.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Homer is one of the men of genius who solve that fine problem of art - the finest of all, perhaps - truly to depict humanity by the enlargement of man: that is, to generate the real in the ideal."

Homer is one of the men of genius who solve that fine problem of art - the finest of all, perhaps - truly to depict humanity by the enlargement of man: that is, to generate the real in the ideal.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "There is such a thing as the pressure of darkness."

There is such a thing as the pressure of darkness.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Music is the vapor of art. It is to poetry what reverie is to thought, what fluid is to solid, what the ocean of clouds is to the ocean of waves."

Music is the vapor of art. It is to poetry what reverie is to thought, what fluid is to solid, what the ocean of clouds is to the ocean of waves.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night."

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The tomb is not a blind alley: it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight. It opens on the dawn."

The tomb is not a blind alley: it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight. It opens on the dawn.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical?"

Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical?



Victor Hugo Quotes: "A little girl without a doll is almost as unhappy, and quite as impossible, as a woman without children." from chapter VIII of Les Miserables"

A little girl without a doll is almost as unhappy, and quite as impossible, as a woman without children." from chapter VIII of Les Miserables



Victor Hugo Quotes: "One of the hardest labours of the just man is to expunge from his soul a malevolence which it is difficult to efface."

One of the hardest labours of the just man is to expunge from his soul a malevolence which it is difficult to efface.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The man is placed where the Earth ends, the woman, where the heaven starts."

The man is placed where the Earth ends, the woman, where the heaven starts.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit."

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "I was always a lover of soft-winged things."

I was always a lover of soft-winged things.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Oh Lord! Open the doors of night for me So that I may leave this place and disappear."

Oh Lord! Open the doors of night for me So that I may leave this place and disappear.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The real, native South Seas food is lousy. You can't eat it."

The real, native South Seas food is lousy. You can't eat it.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate."

There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water."

One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Hope is a delusion; no hand can grasp a wave or a shadow."

Hope is a delusion; no hand can grasp a wave or a shadow.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "He reached for his pocket, and found there, only reality"

He reached for his pocket, and found there, only reality



Victor Hugo Quotes: "My greatness does not extend to this shelf."

My greatness does not extend to this shelf.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work."

He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Do not economize on the hymeneal rites; do not prune them of their splendor, nor split farthings on the day when you are radiant. A wedding is not house-keeping."

Do not economize on the hymeneal rites; do not prune them of their splendor, nor split farthings on the day when you are radiant. A wedding is not house-keeping.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute, that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows."

The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute, that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "...Though we chisel away as best we can at the mysterious block from which our life is made, the black vein of destiny continually reappears."

...Though we chisel away as best we can at the mysterious block from which our life is made, the black vein of destiny continually reappears.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing."

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "In the opera we call love, the libretto is almost nothing."

In the opera we call love, the libretto is almost nothing.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance."

There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and to-morrow we may never see."

Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and to-morrow we may never see.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "There must be people who pray even for those who never pray."

There must be people who pray even for those who never pray.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "[T]he small is great, the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity."

[T]he small is great, the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "She worked in order to live, and presently fell in love, also in order to live, for the heart, too, has its hunger."

She worked in order to live, and presently fell in love, also in order to live, for the heart, too, has its hunger.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "Here we stop. Upon the threshold of wedding nights stands an angel smiling, his finger on his lip."

Here we stop. Upon the threshold of wedding nights stands an angel smiling, his finger on his lip.



Victor Hugo Quotes: "I only take a half share in the civil war; I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill."

I only take a half share in the civil war; I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill.