Victor Hugo on children
“Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.”
Victor Hugo102 quotes
More from Victor Hugo
Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To 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 HugoVictor Hugo I have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo During a wise man’s whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Revolutions are not born of chance but of necessity.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Those who do not weep, do not see.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love has no middle term; either it destroys, or it saves.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Not being heard is no reason for silence.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo 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 HugoVictor Hugo It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo When love has fused and mingled two beings in sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo 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.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo
Original quotes
From our community writers
Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
Lang LeavLang Leav
Meet the writers
More on children
When you can see your unborn children in her arms, you know you really love a woman.
Bryan AdamsBryan Adams The wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children.
William Jennings BryanWilliam Jennings Bryan I tweet early in the morning when I wake up or late at night just to let you know that I have a show or what’s on my mind, and that’s it. I hate Snapchat and all of that. It’s making kids so stupid.
Tyler, the CreatorTyler, the Creator I was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just – there wasn’t a straight man in the house, and I mean that in a very nice way. They were fun, and we would laugh a lot.
Betty WhiteBetty White I was always the popular kid that everyone hated. There was no reason for anyone to hate me. I never really did anything wrong. They just didn’t like me, so I had to fight back all the time.
Bhad BhabieBhad Bhabie I want my first son to be called ‘Tommy.’ It will sound great, Tommy Tomlinson
Louis TomlinsonLouis Tomlinson You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess.
Heath LedgerHeath Ledger My mum’s always on at me to have children and blames ‘that stupid stage thing you do’ for me not already having a family.
Paloma FaithPaloma Faith
