Quotes about Integrity
To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.
— Victor Hugo
He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.
— Victor Hugo
That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.
— Victor Hugo
Javert, though hideous, was not ignoble.
— Victor Hugo
any one who had listened to Courfeyrac in 1828 would have thought he heard Tholomyes in 1817. Only, Courfeyrac was an honourable fellow. Beneath the apparent similarities of the exterior mind, the difference between him and Tholomyes was very great. The latent man which existed in the two was totally different in the first from what it was in the second. There was in Tholomyes a district attorney, and in Courfeyrac a paladin.
— Victor Hugo
Il y a des gens qui paieraient pour se vendre
— Victor Hugo
In days gone by, I stole a loaf of bread in order to live; to-day, in order to live, I will not steal a name.
— Victor Hugo
The prosperity of right is that it is always beautiful and pure.
— Victor Hugo
A man's eye reveals his quality. It shows how much of a man there is within us. We declare ourselves by the light that gleams under our eyebrows. Petty spirits merely wink; great spirits emit a flash of lightning.
— Victor Hugo
True, I tore the drapery from the altar; but it was to dress the wounds of the country.
— Victor Hugo
To be a saint is the exception; to be an upright man is the rule. Err, fall, sin if you will, but be upright.
— Victor Hugo
A good mayor is a useful person. How can you hold back when you have the chance to do good?
— Victor Hugo