Victor Hugo Quotes About Quality

Quotes about: Quality

• The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple. It is the two sexes tending to approach each other and assuming each the other's qualities.

  Victor Hugo

  Sex, Simple, Men

  Victor Hugo (2015). “Les Misérables”, p.1167, Booklassic

• Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

  Victor Hugo

  Forgiveness, Giving, Quality

• Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man is close to the bully; he who is very pious is slightly sanctimonious; there are just as many vices to virtue as there are holes in the mantle of Diogenes.

  Victor Hugo

  Running, Men, Bully

  Victor Hugo (2000). “Les Mis??rables”, p.577, Modern Library

• A woman's best qualities are harmful if undiluted with prudence.

  Victor Hugo

  Quality, Prudence, Ifs

• The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.

  Victor Hugo

  Civilization, Imagination, Quality

  Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

• The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.

  Victor Hugo

  Mother, Children, Eye

• One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

  Victor Hugo

  Distance, Quality, Range

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