If the infinite had no me, then me would be its limit. It would not be the infinite, therefore it would not be. Victor Hugo More Quotes by Victor Hugo More Quotes From Victor Hugo The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness. Victor Hugo excuse sadness kindness Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other. Victor Hugo stars dark sky Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' talk is clouds, table talk is smoke. Victor Hugo elude tables clouds To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee? Victor Hugo gargoyles dames stones France lost a great novel last night. Victor Hugo lasts night sex [T]he small is great, the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity. Victor Hugo equilibrium science If I have not been exposed and am not in any danger of pursuit. But I have been exposed, I am pursued - by myself! That is a pursuer that does not readily let go. Victor Hugo pursuit doe letting-go The clouds, - the only birds that never sleep. Victor Hugo sleep clouds bird My greatness does not extend to this shelf. Victor Hugo shelves greatness doe Beauty is as useful as the useful. More so, perhaps. (Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile. Plus peut-etre.) Victor Hugo philosophy history art The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of human excellence may be fostered by faiths that we do not share. Victor Hugo upright-man excellence men I was always a lover of soft-winged things. Victor Hugo lovers To pay compliments to the one we love is the first method of caressing, a demi-audacity venturing. A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. Victor Hugo audacity kissing love-is Progress is the stride of God. Victor Hugo stride progress god Do not economize on the hymeneal rites; do not prune them of their splendor, nor split farthings on the day when you are radiant. A wedding is not house-keeping. Victor Hugo splendor splits house 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. Victor Hugo liberty want men In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase the number of the former. That is why we demand education and knowledge. Victor Hugo light numbers men Work, which makes a man free, and thought, which makes him worthy of freedom. Victor Hugo worthy freedom men Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit.... They confound the brilliance of the firmament with the star-shaped footprints of a duck in the mud. Victor Hugo ducks stars men There is will in the thought, there is none in the dream. The dream, which is completely spontaneous, takes and keeps, even in the gigantic and the ideal, the form of our mind. Nothing springs more directly and more sincerely from the very bottom of our souls than our unreflected and indefinite aspirations towards the splendours of destiny. Victor Hugo destiny dream spring
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