Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it – there is a certain shameful solidarity.
VICTOR HUGOBetween the government which does evil and the people who accept it – there is a certain shameful solidarity.
VICTOR HUGODon’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.
VICTOR HUGOLet us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
VICTOR HUGOThe wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
VICTOR HUGOGo out in the world and work like money doesn’t matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.
VICTOR HUGOIt is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
VICTOR HUGOThe greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
VICTOR HUGOThe future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
VICTOR HUGOWisdom is the health of the soul.
VICTOR HUGOThere is something more terrible than a hell of suffering – a hell of boredom.
VICTOR HUGOLove is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin.
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.
VICTOR HUGOLet us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
VICTOR HUGOI have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning.
VICTOR HUGOTo learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
VICTOR HUGOIf you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
VICTOR HUGO