Quotes by Victor Hugo

“ If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned! ”

“ Those who do not weep, do not see. ”

“ To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life. ”

“ Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face. ”

“ The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. ”

“ Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. ”

“ Not being heard is no reason for silence. ”

“ Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable. ”

“ It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. ”

“ To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better. ”

“ The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only. ”

“ To love another person is to see the face of God. ”