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 transept belfry and the two towers were to him three great cages, the birds in which, taught by him, would sing for him alone. Yet it was these same bells which had made him deaf; but mothers are often fondest of the child who has made them suffer most. Victor Hugo mother two children He had not yet lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at hand then the impossible, and that what must be looked for is always the unforeseen. Victor Hugo impossible long hands No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted. Victor Hugo adversity unhappy men For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern. Victor Hugo gossip affair doe They adored each other; but still the permanent and the immutable subsist. We may love and laugh, pout, clasp hands, smile, and exchange endearments, but that does not affect eternity. Two lovers hide in the dusk of evening, amid flowers and the twittering of birds, and enchant each other with their hearts shinning in their eyes; but the stars in their course still circle through infinite space. Victor Hugo stars flower eye We need those who pray constantly to compensate for those who do not pray at all. Victor Hugo praying needs Her soul trembled on her lips like a drop of dew on a flower. Victor Hugo dew flower soul Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend them. The present has its pardonable amount of egotism; momentary life has its claims, and cannot be expected to sacrifice itself incessantly to the future. The generation which is in its turn passing over the earth is not forced to abridge its life for the sake of the generations, its equals after all, whose turn shall come later on. Victor Hugo generations sacrifice earth Friend is sometimes a word devoid of meaning; enemy, never. Victor Hugo friends sometimes enemy Be happy without picking flaws. Victor Hugo flaws But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. Victor Hugo vengeance punishment individual Youth is the future smiling at a stranger, which is itself. Victor Hugo youth stranger His universal compassion was due less to natural instinct, than to a profound conviction, a sum of thoughts that in the course of living had filtered through to his heart: for in the nature of man, as in rock, there may be channels hollowed by the dropping of water, and these can never be destroyed. Victor Hugo compassion heart men The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness. Victor Hugo real soul darkness She worked in order to live, and presently fell in love, also in order to live, for the heart, too, has its hunger. Victor Hugo hunger heart order A fall from such a height is rarely straight downwards. Victor Hugo height fall That is the explanation of war, an outrage by humanity upon humanity in despite of humanity. Victor Hugo outrage humanity war Spira, spera. (breathe, hope) Victor Hugo breathe You would have imagined her at one moment a maniac, at another a queen. Victor Hugo maniacs queens moments Desiring always to be in mourning, he clothed himself with night. Victor Hugo mourning night
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