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Victor Hugo Quotes
Writer & Political Activist
Victor Hugo was writer & political activist from France
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Get Victor's Quotes“Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise again over those who refused to stop walking.”— Victor Hugo
Adapted from Les Miserables, Volume 1 (1862). The original line 'Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise' appears in Jean Valjean's narrative arc.
Best Victor Hugo Quotes
“He who opens a school door closes a prison, and a nation that reads will never be enslaved.”— Victor Hugo
From a speech to the French National Assembly in 1850, advocating for universal free education. The first clause is widely quoted; Hugo expanded on the theme throughout his political career.
“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.”— Victor Hugo
From 'Histoire d'un Crime', written 1852 and published 1877, reflecting on Napoleon III's coup and the power of ideas over military force.
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