The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Love Quotes

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

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...

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

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.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor....

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor....

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good...

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good...

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....