Victor Hugo quotes, with sources
French Romantic novelist, poet, and playwright, author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Here are 5 short quotes by Victor Hugo (1802 – 1885), each with the work it comes from, drawn from 5 sources.
It is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live.
The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved.
He who despairs is in the wrong.
Love is the only ecstasy.
A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.
Sources
- Les Misérables, Vol. I, Book Fifth, Ch. IV
- Les Misérables, Vol. II, Book Eighth, Ch. IX
- Les Misérables, Vol. V, Book First, Ch. XX
- Les Misérables, Vol. V, Book Ninth, Ch. V
- Les Misérables, Vol. V, Book Sixth, Ch. II
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