Hugo

Famous quotes containing the word hugo:

    One sometimes says: He killed himself because he was bored with life. One ought rather to say: He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)