Quotes by Hugo, Victor

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human >>

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your >>

Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has >>

Quotations about Idleness

Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle. >>

The hardest work of all is to do nothing. >>

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Ye >>

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

Hugo, Victor