Quotes by Hugo, Victor

Popularity? It's glory's small change. >>

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure. >>

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspea >>

Quotations about History and Historians

History is one of the most remarkable things in our lives. The mere fa >>

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themsel >>

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates >>

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. They are two orders of fact which reflect each other, which are always linked and which sometimes provoke each other.

Hugo, Victor