Victor Hugo Quotes

An offended heart is the breeding ground of deception.

Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.

Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.

Set of Vipers

You are a den of vipers and thieves ... by the eternal God, I will rout you out.

A lot of evil has been perpetrated in the name of confronting evil.

I never could trust the son of a bitch. I've known him for years and never trusted him.

Is there any way we can screw him?

As the trust deficit persists, a deeper rot takes hold: Attitudes and norms begin to change. When no one is trustworthy, it will be only fools who trust. The concept of fairness itself is eroded.

I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to betray you, I will. If the opportunity arises to pay you back, I'll take it. You'll never be able to trust me.

There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.

An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.

I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

Who has sent you against me? Who has told you to do this thing?

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.

One never really knows who one's enemy is.

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness?

I really want to be a villain.