Victor Hugo

Do not economize on the hymeneal rites; do not prune them of their splendor, nor split farthings on the day when you are radiant. A wedding is not house-keeping. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#wedding #marriage

I see a dark light. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#death

Clearly, he had his own strange way of judging things. I suspect he acquired it from the Gospels. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#inspirational

Être aimé, c'est en effet, sur cette terre où rien n'est complet, une des formes les plus étrangement exquises du bonheur. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love #love

Ciertas personas son malas únicamente por necesidad de hablar. Su palabra necesita mucho combustible y el combustible es el prójimo. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#misérables #victor-hugo #inspirational

If no one loved, the sun would go out. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#les-misérables #love #sun #love

Le suprême bonheur de la vie, c'est la conviction qu'on est aimé; aimé pour soi-même, disons mieux, aimé malgré soi-même. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love #love

Madame Magloire," retorted the Bishop, "you are mistaken. The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a pause, "More so, perhaps. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#beauty

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? ↗

— Victor Hugo

#between #brothers #civil #civil war #does

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#conviction #greatest #greatest happiness #happiness #life