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- Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give. Victor Hugo. Heart, Giving, Mind.
- The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. Victor Hugo. Inspirational, Kindness, Small Acts.
- Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. Victor Hugo. Inspirational, Life, Change.
- 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. Children, Rich, Educate.
- “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” ― Victor hugo.
- “He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.
- “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.
- “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”
Browse and share the best quotes by Victor Hugo, the French author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Find inspirational, humorous, and insightful quotes on love, life, freedom, and more.
- Victor Hugo
- 1862
- “He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.
- “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.
- “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”
- “To love another person is to see the face of God.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.
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Victor lived in France when it was under Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule. He was born in Besançon, France on February 26thof 1802. He was the youngest son of Sophie Trébuchet and Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo. His brothers were Abel Joseph Hugo and Eugene Hugo. His father was a military officer—a major in the rank who would later rise to general. Due to ...
Hugo started making poems at an early age. In 1822, at the age of 20, he printed his first set of poetry called Odes et poésies diverses. Louis XVIII gave him pension because of this publication. This gave him the opportunity to continue making poetry and other literary works. He published a second collection of works in 1826, titled Odes et ballad...
Hugo’s success and popularity eventually led him to politics. In 1841, he became a member of the French Academy, a French council dedicated to French literature and language. He became more and more engaged with political issues—he was vocal about his views against death penalty, and he advocated for free education and voting rights. When Napoleon ...
Upon his return, Hugo was hailed as a national hero. He believed in humanistic progress and was committed to politics in the remaining years of his life. Though he was able to join the senate, his methods were unorthodox and he achieved very little in the last phase of his political career. Two days before his death, Hugo left a note saying “to lov...
“The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate.” – Victor Hugo “What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.” – Victor Hugo “To love beauty is to see light.” – Victor Hugo “Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh ...
Feb 26, 2024 · Source: Shawn Thomas (June 24, 2013): Quotes & Illustrations From Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and of grief! Les Misérables (1862), page 746, as translated by Charles Wilbour and provided by A.L. Bert Publishers.
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Quotes Showing 1-30 of 220. “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.”.
