“The best way to worship God is to love your wife.”

— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862), tr. Charles Wilbour

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.”

“In love of home, the love of country has its rise.”

“He loved no other place, and yet Home was no home to him.”

“Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”

“Give all to love; obey thy heart.”