Victor HugoA collection of 85 posts

Time

Nothing else in the world… not all the armies… is so powerful as an ...

Time

An invasion of armies can be resisted but not an idea whose time has come.

Time

Short as life is we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Strength

People do not lack strength they lack will.

Society

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others ...

Smile

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Smile

Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is d...

Religion

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

Power

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

Poetry

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it co...