Famous quotes containing the words victor hugo, victor, hugo and/or paris:
“As for the author, he is profoundly unaware of what the classical or romantic genre might consist of.... In literature, as in all things, there is only the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly, the true and the false.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“Imagination has seized power.
[L’imagination prend le pouvoir.]”
—Graffito. Paris ‘68, ch. 2, Marc Rohan (1988)