Victor Hugo Quotes


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.


Citations

Hugo, Victor. Actes et Paroles - Depuis l'Exil. Michel Lévy Frères, 1876.

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Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
  • Born: February 26, 1802
  • Died: May 22, 1885
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Poet, Novelist

Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose.