Not being heard is no reason for silence.
VICTOR HUGONot being heard is no reason for silence.
VICTOR HUGOIf I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
VICTOR HUGOAn intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
VICTOR HUGOLife’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
VICTOR HUGODiamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.
VICTOR HUGOThose who do not weep, do not see.
VICTOR HUGOChange your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
VICTOR HUGOA man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
VICTOR HUGOWhen dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
VICTOR HUGOLet us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
VICTOR HUGOOur mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
VICTOR HUGOPerseverance, secret of all triumphs.
VICTOR HUGODoing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
VICTOR HUGOTo learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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 HUGOThe soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
VICTOR HUGO