Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement.
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time. Use this quote
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Use this quote
Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. Use this quote
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come. Use this quote
Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. Use this quote
We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present. Use this quote
Wisdom is a sacred communion. Use this quote
A war between Europeans is a civil war. Use this quote
We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. Use this quote
One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation. Use this quote
