Victor Marie Vicomte Hugo, aka Victor Hugo, was one of the best French writers and novelists. He was also a poet and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Two of Victor Hugo's famous works are the novels Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. May these famous Victor Hugo quotes give you insights that serve as inspiration in your life's journey.
1. “Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.” – Victor Hugo
2. “The word which God has written on the brow of every man is hope.” – Victor Hugo
3. “The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.” – Victor Hugo
4. “Be a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still, she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. ” – Victor Hugo
5. “When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.” – Victor Hugo
6. “There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.” – Victor Hugo
7. “Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.” – Victor Hugo
8. “A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.” – Victor Hugo
9. “When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.” – Victor Hugo
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10. “You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Victor Hugo
11. “England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare, but the Bible made England.” – Victor Hugo
12. “A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.” – Victor Hugo
13. “All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo
14. “Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.” – Victor Hugo
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15. “It is by suffering that human beings become angels.” – Victor Hugo
16. “The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.” – Victor Hugo
17. “Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.” – Victor Hugo
18. “There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.” – Victor Hugo
19. “Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.” – Victor Hugo
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20. “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo
21. “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” – Victor Hugo
22. “Love is the foolishness of men and the wisdom of God.” – Victor Hugo
23. “The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.” – Victor Hugo
24. “Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.” – Victor Hugo
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25. “People do not lack strength, they lack the will.” – Victor Hugo
26. “If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned.” – Victor Hugo
27. “You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience. ” – Victor Hugo
28. “The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.” – Victor Hugo
29. “There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.” – Victor Hugo
30. “It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.” – Victor Hugo
More Victor Hugo Quotes about Life
31. “Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.” – Victor Hugo
32. “A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.” – Victor Hugo
33. “Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.” – Victor Hugo
34. “Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.” – Victor Hugo
35. “Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.” – Victor Hugo
36. “Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.” – Victor Hugo
37. “To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.” – Victor Hugo
38. “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 Hugo
39. “Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.” – Victor Hugo
40. “Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.” – Victor Hugo
41. “To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.” – Victor Hugo
42. “Go 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 Hugo
43. “The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few 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 Hugo
44. “He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.” – Victor Hugo
45. “No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo
46. “What is love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul.” – Victor Hugo
47. “To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.” – Victor Hugo
48. “When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they are no longer anything more than the two boundaries of the same destiny; they are no longer anything but the two wings of the same spirit. Love, soar.” – Victor Hugo
49. “An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.” – Victor Hugo
50. “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” – Victor Hugo
51. “To destroy abuses is not enough; habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there.” – Victor Hugo
52. “Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.” – Victor Hugo
53. “The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.” – Victor Hugo
54. “There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.” – Victor Hugo
55. “Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.” – Victor Hugo
56. “And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God.” – Victor Hugo
57. “When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.” – Victor Hugo
58. “The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we love.” – Victor Hugo
59. “Nothing is more imminent than the impossible. What we must always foresee is the unforeseen.” – Victor Hugo
60. “There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.” – Victor Hugo
61. “Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.” – Victor Hugo
62. “The realities of life do not allow themselves to be forgotten.” – Victor Hugo
63. “If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.” – Victor Hugo
64. “Those who do not weep, do not see.” – Victor Hugo
65. “This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown.” – Victor Hugo
66. “Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.” – Victor Hugo
67. “The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.” – Victor Hugo
68. “If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.” – Victor Hugo
69. “When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.” – Victor Hugo
70. “The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.” – Victor Hugo
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2. “The word which God has written on the brow of every man is hope.” – Victor Hugo
3. “The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.” – Victor Hugo
4. “Be a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still, she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. ” – Victor Hugo
5. “When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.” – Victor Hugo
6. “There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.” – Victor Hugo
7. “Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.” – Victor Hugo
8. “A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.” – Victor Hugo
9. “When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.” – Victor Hugo
11. “England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare, but the Bible made England.” – Victor Hugo
12. “A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.” – Victor Hugo
13. “All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo
14. “Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.” – Victor Hugo
16. “The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.” – Victor Hugo
17. “Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.” – Victor Hugo
18. “There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.” – Victor Hugo
19. “Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.” – Victor Hugo
21. “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” – Victor Hugo
22. “Love is the foolishness of men and the wisdom of God.” – Victor Hugo
23. “The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.” – Victor Hugo
24. “Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.” – Victor Hugo
26. “If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned.” – Victor Hugo
27. “You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience. ” – Victor Hugo
28. “The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.” – Victor Hugo
29. “There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.” – Victor Hugo
30. “It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.” – Victor Hugo
More Victor Hugo Quotes about Life
31. “Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.” – Victor Hugo
32. “A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.” – Victor Hugo
33. “Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.” – Victor Hugo
34. “Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.” – Victor Hugo
35. “Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.” – Victor Hugo
36. “Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.” – Victor Hugo
37. “To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.” – Victor Hugo
38. “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 Hugo
39. “Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.” – Victor Hugo
40. “Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.” – Victor Hugo
41. “To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.” – Victor Hugo
42. “Go 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 Hugo
43. “The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few 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 Hugo
44. “He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.” – Victor Hugo
45. “No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo
46. “What is love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul.” – Victor Hugo
47. “To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.” – Victor Hugo
48. “When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they are no longer anything more than the two boundaries of the same destiny; they are no longer anything but the two wings of the same spirit. Love, soar.” – Victor Hugo
49. “An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.” – Victor Hugo
50. “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” – Victor Hugo
51. “To destroy abuses is not enough; habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there.” – Victor Hugo
52. “Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.” – Victor Hugo
53. “The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.” – Victor Hugo
54. “There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.” – Victor Hugo
55. “Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.” – Victor Hugo
56. “And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God.” – Victor Hugo
57. “When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.” – Victor Hugo
58. “The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we love.” – Victor Hugo
59. “Nothing is more imminent than the impossible. What we must always foresee is the unforeseen.” – Victor Hugo
60. “There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.” – Victor Hugo
61. “Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.” – Victor Hugo
62. “The realities of life do not allow themselves to be forgotten.” – Victor Hugo
63. “If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.” – Victor Hugo
64. “Those who do not weep, do not see.” – Victor Hugo
65. “This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown.” – Victor Hugo
66. “Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.” – Victor Hugo
67. “The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.” – Victor Hugo
68. “If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.” – Victor Hugo
69. “When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.” – Victor Hugo
70. “The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.” – Victor Hugo
Share these Quotes from Victor Hugo with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.