To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
VICTOR HUGOTo die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
VICTOR HUGOLife’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
VICTOR HUGOThe greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
VICTOR HUGOYou ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
VICTOR HUGOLet us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
VICTOR HUGODuring a wise man’s whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
VICTOR HUGOIf I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
VICTOR HUGOChange your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
VICTOR HUGOThe learned man knows that he is ignorant.
VICTOR HUGOToleration is the best religion.
VICTOR HUGOCaution is the eldest child of wisdom.
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 HUGOLove is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.
VICTOR HUGOWhen the heart is dry the eye is dry.
VICTOR HUGOReason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
VICTOR HUGONot seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
VICTOR HUGO