What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold.
Victor HugoEvery step which the intelligence of Europe has taken has been in spite of the clerical party.
Victor HugoAll who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains.
Victor HugoOne of the hardest labours of the just man is to expunge from his soul a malevolence which it is difficult to efface.
Victor HugoHe is the best gentleman that is the son of his own deserts, and not the degenerated heir of another's virtue.
Victor HugoThe greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded of a multitude of strands. Take the rope apart, separate it into the small threads that compose it, and you can break them one by one. You think, That is all there was! But twist them all together and you have something tremendous.
Victor Hugo