Victor Hugo

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. 

Victor Hugo 

A war between Europeans is a civil war. 

Victor Hugo 

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. 

Victor Hugo 

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it. 

Victor Hugo 

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing. 

Victor Hugo 

A great artist is a great man in a great child. 

Victor Hugo 

A library implies an act of faith. 

Victor Hugo 

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. 

Victor Hugo 

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. 

Victor Hugo

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. 

Victor Hugo