The 100 best phrases (and reflections) of Victor Hugo
Victor Marie Hugo was a French writer of romantic and dramatic novels, poet and playwright, belonging to a family of writers, since his brothers were: Eugène Hugo and Abel Hugo. His most outstanding work was 'Les Miserables', but he was also an important politician and influential figure in his country.
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Best Victor Hugo Quotes
As a tribute to his influence on French politics and literature, we bring you a list of Victor Hugo's most outstanding phrases and thoughts.
1. Being good is easy; what's difficult is being just.
Justice can be altered in the eyes of each person.
2. Genius is an entity like nature and wants to be accepted purely and simply as it is.
Well they say that geniuses are misunderstood.
3. A mountain is taken or left.
Challenges face or run away from them.
4. Thought is nothing more than a simple breath. But a breath that makes the world shudder.
Be careful with your thoughts, the negative ones can destroy you, the positive ones motivate you.
5. The human body is only appearance and hides the true reality. The reality of what we are is the soul.
Do not get carried away by appearances, the important thing is what we carry inside.
6. The truth is similar to the sun. It does not let itself be seen but it makes it see everything.
The truth always comes to light.
7. The smaller is the heart, more hatred houses.
People who are not capable of loving will never get over the grudge they hold.
8. The future has many names. For the weak is the unreachable. For the fearful, the unknown. For the brave is the opportunity.
The future is what you want it to be.
9. It's nothing serious to die. It's scary not to live.
Surviving by pleasing others prevents us from living our life.
10. Laughter is the sun that drives winter away from the human face.
Keeping joy in our hearts helps to face the most difficult moments.
11. What is a hater? An ingrate who hates the light that illuminates and warms him.
The envious resent the happiness of others that they cannot achieve.
12. Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
Melancholy stems from missing what made us happy before.
13. Architecture is the immense book of all humanity.
Architecture is the best remnant of civilizations.
14. Between the government that governs in the wrong way and the people that allow it, there is a solidarity that is shameful.
The corrupt stay on top because there is no one to confront them.
15. With music it is possible to express that which cannot be pronounced in words but which cannot be silenced either.
Music is a way of expressing our deep feelings.
16. At the moment when love is happy, the soul takes the direction of sweetness and goodness.
When we are full of love, nothing can harm us.
17. Love is a fiery oblivion of everything.
Many lovers live under their own world when they are together.
18. Love has childishness; the other passions, trifles. Let us be ashamed of the passions that make man small! Let's honor those who make it child!
Part of keeping our happiness active is continuing to have the innocence of childhood.
19. Giving thanks in solitude is enough.
Thank those who help you and the things that come to you.
20. Those of you who suffer because you love: love even more; to die of love is to live.
A broken heart can heal, but to stop loving leads us to lose hope.
21. The eyes cannot see God well, except through tears.
Humility is what brings believers closer to God.
22. Common sense is in spite of education, not the result of it.
The upbringing given to a person does not determine the course of his nature.
23. Like stomachs, we should feel sorry for minds that don't eat.
Ignorant people cause damage about what they cannot understand.
24. You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
When we love someone, we want to give all of ourselves.
25. As short as life is, we make it even shorter by the senseless waste of time.
A reflection on wasting the life we want to live.
26. Intelligences with little capacity are interested in extraordinary matters.
Not all people are able to see beyond superficialities.
27. The hero has a dream: To be big next to everyone, and small next to his father.
The people we admire will always be our best example.
28. What drives and drags the world are not machines but ideas.
Ideas are what create a better future.
29. When an innocent is punished, a villain is born.
People who do not get justice stop believing in the goodness of others.
30. The water that does not run makes a swamp; the mind that does not work makes a fool.
An open mind is capable of learning things that make it extraordinary.
31. Freedom is, in philosophy, reason; in art, inspiration; in politics, law.
Freedom is what we can do with our abilities.
32. A faith: here is what is most necessary to man. Unfortunate the one who does not believe in anything.
Are there people who have no faith?
33. Curious thing! the first symptom of true love in a young man is shyness, in a girl it is boldness.
Love can bring out our lesser known quality.
34. Work always sweetens life, but not everyone likes sweets.
A good job feeds us, but if it is restrictive, it shackles us.
35. There are parents who do not love their children, but there is not a single grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
The love of grandparents is the most accommodating of all.
36. Even the darkest night will end with the rising of the sun.
All difficult things end, good things await us.
37. The beautiful is worth as much as the useful.
Beauty can be in the emptiest people.
38. The beauty has only one type, the ugly has about a thousand that are his type.
Beauty is a subjectivity in the mind of each person.
39. We would judge a man with much more certainty by what he dreams than by what he thinks.
Dreams are a manifestation of what we carry inside.
40. The freedom to love is no less sacred than the freedom to think. What is called adultery today was once called heresy.
Everyone has the right to be with who they love, as long as they are honest.
41. God manifests himself to us firstly through the life of the universe, secondly through human thought. The first manifestation is called nature, the second art.
Showing his iron belief to God.
42. Man has his wings in love and his yoke in desire.
When desire controls us, we tend to lose our reason.
43. There are so many beautiful women, but there are no perfect ones.
Perfection is a subjectivity, everyone can be perfect in their own way.
44. I know how the bird that, stopping its flight for a while on branches that are too weak, feels how they give way under its weight, and yet sings, knowing that it has wings.
We all have a rough patch and it's okay to take a break, but never stop trying.
45. God is the fullness of all heaven. Love is the fullness of every man.
On his perception of the power of God.
46. In the eyes of the young man, the flame burns; in those of the old man, the light shines.
Everyone has different passions that change over time.
47. Try as much as you want, you will not be able to annihilate that ancient relic in the human heart called: Love.
We all seek to have love within our lives.
48. No one knows more than a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound.
Praising women's ability to speak.
49. He who opens the doors of a school, closes those of a prison.
Education is the main pillar to grant opportunities and teach good customs.
50. Emergencies have always been necessary to progress.
We progress when we need to solve a problem that affects us.
51. All people must frame their lives in such a way that, at some point in the future, the fact and their dreams meet.
A plan for the future that we should all pursue.
52. He who thinks well, speaks well.
It all starts in your mind.
53. Traveling is being born and dying at every step.
Traveling makes us discover a new part of ourselves.
54. Love is a part of the soul itself, it is of the same nature as it, it is a divine spark; like her, it is incorruptible, indivisible, imperishable.
Love is an extension of life itself.
55. It is always through books that all wise people get solace in the problems that arise in life.
Books give us that escape that we need from time to time.
56. All critical situations have a lightning bolt that blinds us or illuminates us.
It can be an occasion that inspires us or sinks us.
57. Suffering deserves respect, submitting is despicable.
No person deserves to be humiliated.
58. A poet is a world imprisoned in a man.
Everyone has the ability to be poets.
59. Thinking in shadows in a serious thought.
If you have dark thoughts, seek the help you need to chase them away.
60. When you have an idea in your head you see it everywhere.
It becomes a need that must be expressed.
61. There is a sacred horror about everything great.
The pursuit of success can lead us to greed.
62. What is the story? An echo of the past in the future.
It is the way in which we can connect with our origins.
63. Nothing as stupid as winning; the true triumph is in convincing.
Rejecting any act of conquest over others.
64. Hell is all in this word: loneliness.
Loneliness is a punishment for those who do not know how to be with themselves.
65. At the moment when love is happy, the soul takes the direction of sweetness and goodness.
Love is necessary to have a good course in life.
66. There are no small countries. The greatness of a people is not measured by the number of its members, just as the greatness of a man is not measured by his stature.
A town should not be measured by its extension of land, but by the warmth of its people.
67. It is immensely sad to see how nature is speaking to us and humans do not listen.
It is necessary to treat nature with the respect it deserves, if we want to have a future in this world.
68. Humility has two poles: the true and the beautiful.
Who is humble, is a beautiful person.
69. A house without children is a hive without bees.
A family man.
70. What is said about men, true or false, occupies as much place in their destiny, and above all in their lives, as what they do.
That is why the best way to silence critics is with our works.
71. Compulsory primary education is the right of the child.
All children deserve a quality education.
72. The first justice is conscience.
If we are not responsible for our actions, we end up being corrupt.
73. What is well thought, is well expressed.
Clear ideas have coherence when they are said.
74. Soul has illusions, as the bird has wings; That is what supports her.
Use your imagination as many times as necessary in your life.
75. Nobody lacks strength; what many lack is will.
Many people prefer to give up before even trying.
76. The masterpiece is a varied form of miracle.
Every artist is capable of doing miracles with his creations.
77. For me it's better to be whistled for a good verse than to be applauded for a bad one.
Every artist wants to be appreciated for true good art.
78. High-capacity intelligences deal with simple matters.
It is always better to find the simplest solution.
79. It's not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
Never remain silent in the face of an injustice.
80. The paradise of the rich is made of the hell of the poor.
Many people become millionaires at the expense of the exploitation of the poor.
81. Great acts of love are done by those who habitually do small acts of kindness.
Every honest act that comes out of your heart is a show of love.
82. Change your opinions, follow your principles; Change your leaves, keep your roots intact.
It's okay to change your mind over time, that's growing up.
83. Life is the flower for which love is honey.
Love is a necessary part of a good life.
84. The act of giving thanks has wings and goes where it has to go.
Remember that the things you reap are the things you sow.
85. Love is like a tree, it leans under the force of its own weight, it takes root deep deep within our being, and sometimes, among the ruins of a heart, it continues greening up
A metaphor about the benefits of love in people.
86. The day when the woman who passes you by light comes off as you walk, you are lost, you are in love.
A signal that warns us about the moment in which we deliver the heart.
87. Love opens a parenthesis that marriage closes.
A thought towards the destiny that marriage offers.
88. Big hearts keep the secret of their greatness in the word persevere.
What really leads us to achieve our goals is to be consistent in our steps.
89. Your prayers know much more about what you need than yourself.
Trusting in your way of communicating your feelings to God.
90. There is no army that can stop the force of an idea when it arrives on time.
Ideas may prevail even as time passes.
91. It was the darkness that produced the lamp. It was the fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that led us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.
Society advances best when there is a difficult challenge to overcome.
92. It is strange how lightly the wicked believe that everything will work out for them.
Egocentrism makes everything else lose importance.
93. The supreme happiness of life is to know that you are loved for yourself or, more accurately, in spite of yourself.
The greatest love we should aspire to is the one we should have for ourselves.
94. Remember this, my friends: there are no weeds and no bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
The evil comes from somewhere, usually from painful experiences.
95. Everything in genius has its reason for being.
Each genius focuses on his creations.
96. Forty is the ripe age of youth; the fifties the youth of the mature age.
No age should come loaded with prejudices.
97. Come on, dare! Only in this way can progress be achieved.
We can only move forward if we explore the unknown.
98. Putting everything in balance is good, putting everything in harmony is better.
One way to tell us that being good on the inside is to be good on the outside.
99. Who always insults me, never offends me.
Envious people will never have anything good to say to you.
100. There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
The future is built based on good and kind ideas.