“It is a mistake to imagine that man can exhaust his destiny, or can reach the bottom of anything whatever.”

— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862), tr. Charles E. Wilbour, Vol. 1, Book V, Ch. 11

About Victor Hugo

1802 – 1885

French poet and novelist, author of "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame".

“Deeds of daring dazzle history and form one of man's guiding lights.”

“When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.”

“One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.”

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

“Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.”

“Public Disputes warm the Imagination, whet the Industry, and strengthen the natural Abilities.”

“Where we find a difficulty we may always expect that a discovery awaits us. Where there is cover we hope for game.”

“For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.”