God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
VICTOR HUGOGod has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
VICTOR HUGONothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
VICTOR HUGOLove is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.
VICTOR HUGOPromise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. I shall feel it.
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 HUGOFew people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.
VICTOR HUGOIt is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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 HUGOBetween the government which does evil and the people who accept it – there is a certain shameful solidarity.
VICTOR HUGOConscience is God present in man.
VICTOR HUGOThe great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
VICTOR HUGOA 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 HUGOTo love another person is to see the face of God.
VICTOR HUGONot seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
VICTOR HUGOLet us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
VICTOR HUGOOur mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
VICTOR HUGO