Victor Hugo Quotes
French novelist and poet, author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Hugo's grand vision of love, mercy and hope has moved readers for nearly two centuries. Below are 16 of the most loved Victor Hugo quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
To love another person is to see the face of God.
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.