Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Life Quotes, Misfortune Quotes, Poverty Quotes, Solitude Quotes

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the...

The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

Life is a voyage.

Life is a voyage.

Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left.

Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left.

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...