The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

By : Victor Hugo

To learn to read is to light a fire

By : Victor Hugo

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

By : Victor Hugo

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

By : Victor Hugo

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

By : Victor Hugo

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

By : Victor Hugo

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

By : Victor Hugo

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

By : Victor Hugo

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

By : Victor Hugo

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

By : Victor Hugo

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

By : Victor Hugo

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

By : Victor Hugo