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

— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)

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.”

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

“You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea.”

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“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent—that is to triumph over old age.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.”

“An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing.”

“Age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress.”

“I wish you all the joy that you can wish.”