He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.Victor Hugo
A missing ship may be rich, but it is always invisible.Victor Hugo
To be a saint is the exception; to be upright is the rule.Victor Hugo
To increase is a matter of difficulty; to decrease is a matter of ease.Victor Hugo
Anxiety is the beginning of intelligence.Victor Hugo
There are spectres which dispel distress.Victor Hugo
The good people do not count their money, they use it.Victor Hugo
Destiny has such rough hands that great resolutions ripen beneath its touch.Victor Hugo
He who does his work does his duty; and there is such a thing as heroism in simple honesty.Victor Hugo
In every existence, bare of love, the soul is in a sort of nudity.Victor Hugo
Success is a hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.Victor Hugo
Social order rests upon sacrifice.Victor Hugo
The moment we think that we have done enough is the moment to begin to do more.Victor Hugo
Prudence is of the heart; wisdom, of the head. Acting wisely is different from being wise.Victor Hugo
Existence is a voyage, truth is the shore.Victor Hugo
Men are gregarious; but the respect for each other's privacy is a form of solidarity.Victor Hugo
The shore is an idea; the sea is a fact.Victor Hugo
It is easy to go down to hell; night and day the gates of darkness stand wide; but to climb back up, to retrace one's steps to the open air, there lies the problem, the task.Victor Hugo
Very rough things have a glimmer of grace and delicacy concealed in their outlines.Victor Hugo
In this mortal coil which envelops and withdraws us, as the foliage of the forests envelop the trees, we have to do with the invisible.Victor Hugo