Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement.
There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing. Use this quote
The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness. Use this quote
A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. Use this quote
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. Use this quote
What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past. Use this quote
Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence. Use this quote
Life is the flower for which love is the honey. Use this quote
He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life. Use this quote
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul. Use this quote
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. Use this quote
