I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss! Victor Hugo More Quotes by Victor Hugo More Quotes From Victor Hugo Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. Victor Hugo light wisdom beauty 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 rebellion moral spirit 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-mis soul darkness 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 love romantic two 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 light darkness heart The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Victor Hugo inspirational love life The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them. Victor Hugo soul wings bird Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. Victor Hugo goal mind art 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 stars grief looks There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom. Victor Hugo boredom hell suffering One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas. Victor Hugo army wisdom ideas What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another. Victor Hugo happened two Stupidity talks, vanity acts. Victor Hugo vanity stupidity I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one. Victor Hugo verses critics criticism Revolution is the larva of civilization. Victor Hugo revolution civilization Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour. Victor Hugo gluttony curiosity eye Reality in strong doses frightens. Victor Hugo dose strong reality The wind of revolutions is not tractable. Victor Hugo revolution wisdom wind Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances. Victor Hugo entrances theatre life-is A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground. Victor Hugo throat hard shadow
