The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant. Author: Victor Hugo Copy Quote More from Victor Hugo “This light of history is pitiless; it has a strange and divine quality that, lu…” “God raises from the dead he who man slays, he whom his brothers have rejected, …” “and after all in this house what have we to fear? There is always someone with …” “She could become a child again, run and frolic, leave her hat on Valjean’s knee…”