As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat. Victor Hugo More Quotes by Victor Hugo More Quotes From Victor Hugo Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach. Victor Hugo rebellionmoralspirit If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. Victor Hugo les-missouldarkness The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only. Victor Hugo loveromantictwo Of all the things that God has made, the human heart is the one which sheds the most light, alas! and the most darkness. Victor Hugo lightdarknessheart The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Victor Hugo inspirationallovelife The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them. Victor Hugo soulwingsbird Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. Victor Hugo goalmindart He sought...to transform the grief which looks down into the grave by showing it the grief which looks up to the stars. Victor Hugo starsgrieflooks There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom. Victor Hugo boredomhellsuffering One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas. Victor Hugo armywisdomideas What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another. Victor Hugo happenedtwo Stupidity talks, vanity acts. Victor Hugo vanitystupidity I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one. Victor Hugo versescriticscriticism Revolution is the larva of civilization. Victor Hugo revolutioncivilization Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour. Victor Hugo gluttonycuriosityeye Reality in strong doses frightens. Victor Hugo dosestrongreality The wind of revolutions is not tractable. Victor Hugo revolutionwisdomwind Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances. Victor Hugo entrancestheatrelife-is A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground. Victor Hugo throathardshadow Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. Victor Hugo common-senseeducationschool
