Quotes from Victor Hugo

It is the features of the years that makes up the face of the century.

There are some men apparently born to be the reverse of the coin; their name is a continuation, and is never written except preceded by the conjunction and. Their existence is not their own.

If he had had Peru in his pocket he would certainly have given it to the dancer, but Gringoire had no Peru there, and, besides, America was not yet discovered.

The beautiful is as useful as the useful.

Sinto-me sepultado ao mesmo tempo por estes dois infinitos: o oceano e o céu.

Nothing trains children to silence like unhappiness.

Munch no sugar, therefore, and you will live!

In a calm and even situation, Thenardier possessed all that is required to make—we will not say to be—what people have agreed to call an honest trader, a good bourgeois. At the same time certain circumstances being given, certain shocks arriving to bring his under-nature to the surface, he had all the requisites for a blackguard. He was a shopkeeper in whom there was some taint of the monster.

Ricordatevi, signore: la rivoluzione francese ha avuto le sue ragioni. [...] Sì, le brutalità del progresso si chiamano rivoluzioni. Quando sono finite, si riconosce questo: che il genere umano è stato maltrattato, ma ha camminato.

How often it happens, that, when a catastrophe occurs, if we inquire into the cause we find it originated through the obstinacy of one with little ability, but having full faith in his own powers.

Lire, c'est voyager; Voyager, c'est lire.

Liberation is not deliverance. A convict may leave prison behind but not his sentence.

The lancer put on the satisfied smirk of a bandit praised for his honesty.

La fuerza más fuerte de todas es un corazón inocente.

Dichoso, aún en medio del dolor, aquél que a Dios ha dado un alma digna del amor y de la desgracia! El que no ha visto las cosas de este mundo y el corazón de los hombres a esta doble luz, no ha visto nada verdadero, ni sabe nada. El alma que ama y padece se encuentra en un estado sublime.

A ventura suprema da vida é a convicção de que somos amados, mas amados por nós mesmos, ou, melhor ainda, amados a despeito de nós mesmos.

les hommes sont tous condamnés à mort avec des sursis indéfinis.

Basta guardare certe persone per diffidarne; si intuisce che sono anime nere, inquieti dietro, minacciosi davanti.

Lo que de los hombres se dice, verdadero o falso, ocupa tanto lugar en su destino, y sobre todo en su vida, como lo que hacen. El

and the old member of the Convention inspired him, without his being clearly conscious of the fact himself, with that sentiment which borders on hate, and which is so well expressed by the word estrangement.

Recaem sobre ela todas as nuvens pesadas, passa sobre ela o oceano todo.

La liberté commence là où l'ignorance finit.

Qu'est-ce que ton baiser? — Un lèchement de flamme

They wanted an end to oppression, an end to tyranny, an end to the sword, work for men, instruction for the child, social sweetness for the woman, liberty, equality, fraternity, bread for all, the idea for all, the Edenizing of the world. Progress; and that holy, sweet, and good thing, progress, they claimed in terrible wise, driven to extremities as they were, half naked, club in fist, a roar in their mouths. They were savages, yes; but the savages of civilization.