Hugo Quotes

Hugo Quote of the day

A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.

To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul.

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.

A cannonball travels only two thousand miles an hour

The devotion of one man had given strength and courage to all.

If no one loved, the sun would go out.

The judge speaks in the name of justice, ' he said. 'The priest speaks in the name of pity, which is only a higher form of justice.' (Bishop Myriel)

Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the hearts of men.

To learn to read is to light a fire

What is history? An echo of the past in the future

There is neither a foreign war nor a civil war

There are men who dig for gold

Trap is a four-letter word, and like so many four-letter words it can mean something entirely else.--Hugo Anstead

Awareness, like wine, is always better for the vintage.--Hugo Anstead

He loved books

You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing

There was no justice in rebellion. This Javert had come to believe after seeing Marseille fall headfirst into the abyss of the revolution.

A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer

I hate unbreakable alibis--they are usually the first to crack. --Hugo Anstead

Every blade has two edges

You could make me say it again, " he whispered. "Make me say it always. Make me say it so often that you never have cause to doubt. I love you.

The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved

This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens