Quotes by Hugo, Victor

The greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded o >>

Liberation is not deliverance. >>

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever >>

Quotations about Punishment

One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have com >>

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him >>

Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense. >>

Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do we come and is it quite certain that we did nothing before we were born? This earth is not without some resemblance to a gaol. Who knows but that man is a victim of divine justice? Look closely at life. It is so constituted that one senses punishment everywhere.

Hugo, Victor