An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Victor Hugo Quotes

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

Life is a voyage.

Life is a voyage.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

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...

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, Sing as if no...

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, Sing as if no...

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

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

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

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Genius: the superhuman in man.