Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Victor Marie Hugo; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best-known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry and then from his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862,...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 February 1802
CityBesancon, France
CountryFrance
There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.
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.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not the invasion of ideas.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.