Author of quotes: Victor Hugo. Page 4

Principles ultimately drag people into the abyss.

A tear always washes away something and brings comfort.

Every blade is a two-edged weapon. Whoever wounds another will be wounded himself.

The flame of the torch is like the wisdom of cowards: it does not illuminate well because it trembles.

Hermitage is a form of savagery that civilized society agrees to endure.

Oddly enough, the first sign of true love in a young man is shyness, in a young girl - courage. It's amazing, and yet it couldn't be easier. The two sexes, striving to get closer, borrow the properties they lack from each other.

At a certain stage of need, the poor man, stupid, no longer complains about evil and does not thank for the good.

Those who are shining with light cry at least over those who are in darkness.

Having reached the last extreme, the man, no longer understanding, grabs the most extreme means. Woe to the defenseless creatures around him! He has no more work, no earnings, no bread, no fuel, no courage, no goodwill; he immediately loses everything. Outside, daylight is extinguished, inside - a moral torch.

Feeling unloved, Marius himself refused to love.

Here everything was judged - about deeds and about people. They mocked the century, which freed them from the labor of understanding it.

Waterloo is the primary battle won by the secondary general.

And nothing could have made a more painful and more terrible impression than this face, which, so to speak, reflected all the filth of good.

Thus, he turned out to be deaf and blind at the same time. This is the prerequisite for being a model judge!