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
She was sad with an obscure sadness of which she had not the secret herself. There was in her whole person the stupor of a life ended but never commenced.
I think, therefore I doubt.
To study in Paris is to be born in Paris!
Often when we think we are knotting one thread, we are tying quite another.
He reached for his pocket, and found there, only reality
What is fright by night is curiosity by day.
Love is a fault; so be it.
To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just.
Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical?
He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.
Are you afraid of the good you might do?
So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use.
To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.
Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other.