One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea tha… - Victor Hugo

" "
One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean.

Victor Hugo

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About Victor Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement, widely esteemed as one of the greatest of French writers and poets.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Victor Marie Hugo • Homme océan • Ocean Man • Victor-Marie Hugo

All quotes from Victor Hugo Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Victor Hugo:

Honoré de Balzac E. M. Forster Charles Dickens George Eliot Nathaniel Hawthorne

Additional quotes by Victor Hugo

Children at once accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity, being themselves naturally all happiness and joy.

When the heart is dry the eye is dry.

Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other.

One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of… - Victor Hugo

About Victor Hugo

Also Known As

Advanced Search Filters

Additional quotes by Victor Hugo

Limited Time Offer