Victor Hugo Quotes About Water

Quotes about: Water

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  I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Stars, Men

• God made only water, but man made wine.

  Victor Hugo

  Food, Wine, Men

• Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion. Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts. If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. To love another person is to see the face of God.

  Victor Hugo

  Stars, Eye, Passion

• I believe, sir, in all the progress. Air navigation is the result of the oceanic navigation: from water the human has to pass in the air. Everywhere where creation will be breathable to him, the human will penetrate into the creation. Our only limit is life.

  Victor Hugo

  Believe, Air, Water

• Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, Glasses, Sea

  Victor Hugo (2000). “Les Mis??rables”, p.67, Modern Library

• His universal compassion was due less to natural instinct, than to a profound conviction, a sum of thoughts that in the course of living had filtered through to his heart: for in the nature of man, as in rock, there may be channels hollowed by the dropping of water, and these can never be destroyed.

  Victor Hugo

  Heart, Men, Compassion

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

• One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.

  Victor Hugo

  Wine, Glasses, Water

  Victor Hugo, Henry Llewellen Williams (jr), Frank Thomas Marzials (1907*). “Works of Victor Hugo: Notre Dame. The last day of a condemned”

• Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.

  Victor Hugo

  Heart, Winter, Men

  Victor Hugo, Sir Lascelles Wraxall (1862). “Les Misérables”, p.155

• The sewer is the conscience of the city.

  Victor Hugo

  Cities, Water, Sewers

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume Two”, p.857, Wordsworth Editions

• God made the water but men made the wine.

  Victor Hugo

  Wine, Men, Water

• In winter there is no heat, no light, no noon, evening touches morning, there is fog, and mist, the window is frosted, and you cannot see clearly. The sky is but the mouth of a cave. The whole day is the cave.... Frightful season! Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.

  Victor Hugo

  Morning, Heart, Winter

  Victor Hugo (1862). “Les Misérables: Fantine”, p.107, Library of Alexandria

• The repose of darkness is deeper on the water than on the land.

  Victor Hugo

  Land, Water, Darkness

  Victor Hugo (2015). “Toilers of the Sea: Works Of Hugo”, p.104, 谷月社

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