Quotes by Hugo, Victor

There are fathers who do not love their children, but there is no gran >>

He does not weep who does not see. >>

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it e >>

Quotations about Irony

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of h >>

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. >>

Irony is jesting behind hidden gravity. >>

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

Hugo, Victor