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The Man Who Laughs Quotes

The flesh is the covering of the soul. - Victor Hugo (The Man Who Laughs Quotes)

The flesh is the covering of the soul.[La chair, c’est le dessus de l’inconnu.]

Source:(Estes and Lauriat, ed. 1869), Volume II, Part II. By Order of the King, Book III. The Beginning of the Fissure, Chpater IX. Abyssus Abyssum vocat, Page 60
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Victor Hugo (The Man Who Laughs Quotes)
  • Book: The Man Who Laughs
  • Writer: Victor Hugo
  • Genre: Classics, Fiction
  • Published: 1869
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