One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and on the other hand one cannot be a good historian of this inner life without taking into account outward events where these are relevant.
Victor HugoThe beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.
Victor HugoThe supreme ordeal, let us say rather, the only ordeal, is the loss of the beloved being.
Victor HugoUpon the first goblet he read this inscription, monkey wine; upon the second, lion wine; upon the third, sheep wine; upon the fourth, swine wine. These four inscriptions expressed the four descending degrees of drunkenness: the first, that which enlivens; the second, that which irritates; the third, that which stupefies; finally the last, that which brutalizes.
Victor Hugo