Hope is a delusion; no hand can grasp a wave or a shadow. Victor Hugo More Quotes by Victor Hugo More Quotes From Victor Hugo A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. Victor Hugo veilskissinginspirational He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends Victor Hugo book There shall be no slavery of the mind. Victor Hugo slaveryatheismmind Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. Victor Hugo dear-godbeautyart The thirst for the Infinite proves infinity. Victor Hugo thirstinfiniteinfinity In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men. Victor Hugo animalmenworld Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can. Victor Hugo painwisdommen Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter. Victor Hugo metercharmqueens Love is reducing the universe to one being. Victor Hugo reducinguniverselove-is What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do. Victor Hugo destinyinfluencemen 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. Victor Hugo labyrinthtimemorning Love partakes of the soul itself. it is of the same nature. like it, it is a divine spark, like it, it is incorruptible, indivisible, imperishable, it is the point of fire which is within us, which is immortal and infinite, which nothing can limit and nothing can extinguish. Victor Hugo sparkssoulfire Nobody knows like a woman how to say things at the same time sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is all of Heaven. Victor Hugo sweetprofoundheaven One cannot resist an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo ideas Night and the day, when united, Bring forth the beautiful light. Victor Hugo lightbeautifulnight If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light. Victor Hugo lighteyechildren 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. Victor Hugo eyeworkthinking Yes, instruction! Light! Light! Everything comes from light, and to everything it returns. Victor Hugo returnlightinstruction If you don't build castles in the air you won't build anything on the ground. Victor Hugo castles-in-the-aircastlesair Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions. Victor Hugo idlenessoppressionwisdom
