A torch-flame resembles the wisdom of cowards: it gives a poor light because it trembles. Author: Victor Hugo Copy Quote More from Victor Hugo “The victory of humanity over man.Humanity had conquered the inhuman.And by what…” “What is fright by night is curiosity by day.” “Be fair, my friends! To be the empire of such an emperor, what a splendid desti…” “To love, or to have loved,—this suffices. Demand nothing more. There is no othe…”