Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies, as what they do.
("Les Miserables")
More Quotes from Victor Hugo:
To reform a man you must begin with his grandmother.Victor Hugo
Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
Victor Hugo
Large, heavy, ragged black clouds hung like crape hammocks beneath the starry cope of the night. You would have said that they were the cobwebs of the firmament.
Victor Hugo
But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength.
Victor Hugo
I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.
Victor Hugo
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent.
Victor Hugo
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
I think if it's not monumental, there's no point.Stephan Jenkins
Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.
Brenda Blethyn
People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
Claude Debussy