Victor Hugo: Citations en anglais (Page 5)

“… But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men.”

“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.”

“There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.”

“The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple. It is the two sexes tending to approach each other and assuming each the other's qualities.”

“For there are many great deeds done in the small struggles of life.”

“Love is the only future God offers.”

“The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.”

“He did not study God; he was dazzled by him.”

“Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.”

“Faith is necessary to men; woe to him who believes in nothing!”

“Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.”

“And do you know Monsieur Marius? I believe I was a little in love with you.”

“Spira, spera.

(breathe, hope)”

“He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.”

“Nothing is more imminent than the impossible… what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.”

“God knows better than we do what we need.”

“Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.”

“I'd like a drink. I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention by somebody I don't know. It doesn't last, and it's good for nothing. You break your neck simply living.”

“… mothers are often fondest of the child which has caused them the greatest pain.”