More quotes by Victor Hugo

"Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing."
"The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we live."
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
"To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better."
"The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness."