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

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.