Victor Hugo : (11) " There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height. " - Victor Hugo " There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. " - Victor Hugo " To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. " - Victor Hugo " A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing. " - Victor Hugo " The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness. " - Victor Hugo " Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal. " - Victor Hugo " I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary. " - Victor Hugo " Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn’t every war fought between men, between brothers? " - Victor Hugo " I don’t mind what Congress does, as long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses. " - Victor Hugo " Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. " - Victor Hugo