Quotes by Hugo, Victor

Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly underst >>

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. >>

There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by i >>

Quotations about Nuns

Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all i >>

A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a >>

Convent. A place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to medit >>

The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.

Hugo, Victor