WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/hugo-victor/1990/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Victor Hugo</b></a></p><blockquote>Thought is the work of the intellect, reverie is its self-indulgence. To substitute day-dreaming for thought is to confuse a poison with a source of nourishment.<br> <br><i>[La pensée est le labeur de l’intelligence, la rêverie en est la volupté. Remplacer la pensée par la rêverie, c’est confondre un poison avec une nourriture.]</i></blockquote><p><b>Victor Hugo</b> (1802-1885) French writer<br><i>Les Misérables</i>, Part 4 “St. Denis,” Book 2 “Eponine,” ch. 1 (4.2.1) (1862) [tr. Denny (1976)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, other translations: <a href="https://wist.info/hugo-victor/1990/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/hugo-victor/1990/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=victorhugo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>victorhugo</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lesmiserables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lesmiserables</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lesmiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lesmiz</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=contemplation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contemplation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=daydreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>daydreaming</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=intellect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intellect</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=mediation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=mind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mind</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=reverie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reverie</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=thought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thought</span></a></p>