Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

By : Victor Hugo

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

By : Victor Hugo

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

By : Victor Hugo

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

By : Victor Hugo

Habit is the nursery of errors.

By : Victor Hugo

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.

By : Victor Hugo

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.

By : Victor Hugo

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

By : Victor Hugo

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

By : Victor Hugo

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

By : Victor Hugo

Genius: the superhuman in man.

By : Victor Hugo

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.

By : Victor Hugo