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 Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man. Victor Hugo heart winter men This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown. Victor Hugo philosophical soul heaven I'd like a drink. I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention by somebody I don't know. It doesn't last, and it's good for nothing. You break your neck simply living. Victor Hugo necks lasts desire As we have said, robust souls are sometimes almost, but not entirely, overthrown by strokes of misfortune....Despair has steps leading upward. From total depression we rise to despondency, from despondency to affliction, from affliction to melancholy. Melancholy is a twilight state in which suffering transmutes into a somber joy....Melancholy is the enjoyment of being sad. Victor Hugo being-sad twilight joy The hand which moves over the dial moves also among souls. Victor Hugo soul hands moving There are souls which, crab-like, crawl continually toward darkness, going back in life rather than advancing in it, using what experience they have to increase their deformity, growing worse without ceasing, and becoming steeped more and more thoroughly in an intensifying wickedness. Victor Hugo wickedness soul darkness Nobody loves the light like the blind man. Victor Hugo blind light men It is man's consolation that the future is to be a sunrise instead of a sunset. Victor Hugo sunrise sunset men What dangers you run, O noble souls! Often, you give your heart, but we take only your body. Your heart is left to you and you look at it in the shadows and shudder. Victor Hugo heart running giving When grace combines with wrinkles, it is admirable. There is an indescribable light of dawn about intensely happy old age. . . . The young person is handsome, but the old, superb. Victor Hugo wrinkles light grace Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. Victor Hugo flower wisdom suffering What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind. Victor Hugo what-matters ears mind "Dost thou understand? I love thee!" he cried again."What love!" said the unhappy girl with a shudder.He resumed,--"The love of a damned soul. Victor Hugo girl unhappy soul His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own. Victor Hugo judgement genius art Wonderful nature has a double meaning, which dazzles great minds and blinds uncultivated souls. When man is ignorant, when the desert is filled with visions, the darkness of solitude is added to the darkness of intelligence; hence, in man, the possibilities of perdition Victor Hugo soul darkness men Never had the sky been more studded with stars and more charming, the trees more trembling, the odor of the grass more penetrating; never had the birds fallen asleep among the leaves with a sweeter noise; never had all the harmonies of universal serenity responded more thoroughly to the inward music of love; never had Marius been more captivated, more happy, more ecstatic. Victor Hugo stars sky bird I'm not in the world to guard my own life, but to guard souls Victor Hugo my-own soul world At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry Victor Hugo wine running friendship The onward march of the human race requires that the heights around it constantly blaze with noble lessons of courage. Deeds of daring dazzle history and form one of man's guiding lights. Victor Hugo light courage men Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background. Victor Hugo stars dark night
