WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:53:38 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg heard – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Hugo, Victor -- Les Misérables, Part 2 “Cosette,” Book 8 “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them,” ch. 1 (2.8.1) (1862) [tr. Wilbour (1862)] https://wist.info/hugo-victor/74672/ https://wist.info/hugo-victor/74672/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:24:10 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=74672 Not being heard is no reason for silence.

[N’être pas écouté, ce n’est pas une raison pour se taire.]


Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French writer, journalist, human rights activist, politician
Les Misérables, Part 2 “Cosette,” Book 8 “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them,” ch. 1 (2.8.1) (1862) [tr. Wilbour (1862)]

(Source (French)). Alternate translations:

Not to be heard is no reason why a man should hold his tongue.
[tr. Wraxall (1862)]

That one is not listened to is no reason for preserving silence.
[tr. Hapgood (1887)]

Not being heard is no reason for silence.
[tr. Wilbour/Fahnestock/MacAfee (1987)]

Not being listened to is no reason to stop talking.
[tr. Donougher (2013)]

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