The supreme happiness of life is knowing you are loved.
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Part 1 (Fantine), Book 5, ch. 4
Le suprême bonheur de la vie, c'est la conviction qu'on est aimé
The supreme happiness of life is knowing you are loved.
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Part 1 (Fantine), Book 5, ch. 4
What it means
Hugo adds: loved for yourself, or even in spite of yourself. Nothing else gives the same steadiness. Make sure the people you love know it.
The source
"The supreme happiness of life is knowing you are loved." Victor Hugo said it in Les Misérables, Part 1 (Fantine), Book 5, ch. 4. Translated from the original French by Spartan Surfers.
"Le suprême bonheur de la vie, c'est la conviction qu'on est aimé"Original French, Les Misérables, Part 1 (Fantine), Book 5, ch. 4. Text read at gutenberg.org.
Who said it
Victor Hugo (1802–1885). French poet and novelist who wrote Les Misérables (1862), much of it in exile on the island of Guernsey.
Questions
- What does "The supreme happiness of life is knowing you are loved." mean?
- Hugo adds: loved for yourself, or even in spite of yourself. Nothing else gives the same steadiness. Make sure the people you love know it.
- Who said "The supreme happiness of life is knowing you are loved."?
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885). Source: Les Misérables, Part 1 (Fantine), Book 5, ch. 4.
- What is the original French?
- Le suprême bonheur de la vie, c'est la conviction qu'on est aimé. Translated from the original French by Spartan Surfers.
- Is "The supreme happiness of life is knowing you are loved." on a shirt?
- Yes. We print it to order on our tees in 7 illustrated looks, from $44, with free US shipping.
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"The supreme happiness of life is knowing you are loved." (Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Part 1 (Fantine), Book 5, ch. 4, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/the-supreme-happiness-of-life-is-knowing-you
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More from Victor Hugo
- Grander than the sea is the sky. Grander than the sky, the soul.Les Misérables, Part 1 (Fantine), Book 7, ch. 3
- Poverty and loneliness are battlefields. Their unknown heroes are sometimes the greatest.Les Misérables, Part 3 (Marius), Book 5, ch. 1
- Whoever does not weep does not see.Les Misérables, Part 5 (Jean Valjean), Book 1, ch. 16
- Dying is nothing. Not living is terrible.Les Misérables, Part 5 (Jean Valjean), Book 9, ch. 5
- Laughter is sunshine. It chases winter from the human face.Les Misérables, Part 2 (Cosette), Book 8, ch. 9
- Teach those who do not know as much as you can.Les Misérables, Part 1 (Fantine), Book 1, ch. 4