Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a major literary figure of the Romantic movement. His most works poses an acute social conscious – decrying abuse of mankind by governments, institutions, and their fellow men. Invariably, matter of money enter into Hugo’s examination of the world around him – producing some interesting and timeless commentary on the role wealth, poverty, and money play in human society.
There is always more misery in the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.