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 A few feet under the ground reigns so profound a silence, and yet so much tumult on the surface! Victor Hugo feet profound death Is it not a thing divine to have a smile which, none know how, has the power to lighten the weight of that enormous chain which all the living in common drag behind them? Victor Hugo divine weight common Every idea must have a visible enfolding. Victor Hugo visible ideas It seems as though, at the approach of a certain dark hour, the light of heaven infills those who are leaving the light of earth. Victor Hugo light dark death Creation lives, grows, and multiplies; man is but a witness. Victor Hugo creation witness men There is nothing like dream to create the future. Utopia to-day, flesh and blood tomorrow. Victor Hugo The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved. Victor Hugo A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labour and there is invisible labour. Victor Hugo He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign. Victor Hugo Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children, the light of the sun, the sighing of the wind, and the gleam of the stars-all the beauties of creation. Victor Hugo The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity in a girl boldness. Victor Hugo The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry. (Les Miserables) Victor Hugo There is one thing stronger than all the armies of the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education. Victor Hugo Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. Victor Hugo A compliment is like a kiss through a veil. Victor Hugo An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo Can man, created good by God, be made wicked by man? Victor Hugo Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the souls of men. Victor Hugo
