Victor Marie Hugo
France
26 Feb 1802 // 22 May 1885
Poet / Novelist / Playwrigh t /Essayist
26 Feb 1802 // 22 May 1885
Poet / Novelist / Playwrigh t /Essayist
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor
A library implies an act of faith
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing
Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite
Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and especially on their destinies, as what they do
There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate
The poetic element lying hidden in most women is the source of their magnetic attraction
The first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity, in a girl it is boldness. The two sexes have a tendency to approach, and each assumes the qualities of the other
Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and tomorrow we may never see
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays