The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Victor Hugo Quotes

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

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...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

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...

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

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...

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

Saving love doesn't bring any interest.

Saving love doesn't bring any interest.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

Man, condemned today to lose his dearest, tomorrow himself to pass through the gate of...

Man, condemned today to lose his dearest, tomorrow himself to pass through the gate of...