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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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And so, being in Heaven, it was easy for him to lose sight of earth.
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Superstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled with unceasingly, for it is a fateful part of human destiny that it is condemned to wage perpetual war against ghosts. A shade is not easily taken by the throat and destroyed.
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Ma vie est une énigme dont ton nom est le mot. (My life is an enigma, of which your name is the word.)
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The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute, that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows.
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A fixed idea ends in madness or heroism.
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There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths.
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The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.
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Ah, cried Gavroche, what does this mean? It rains again! ...If this continues, I withdraw my subscription.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit.
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And, moreover, when it happens that both are sincere and good, nothing will mix and amalgamate more easily than an old priest and an old soldier. In reality, they are the same kind of man. One has devoted himself to country upon earth, the other to his country in heaven there is no other difference.
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God knows better than we do what we need.
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For there are many great deeds done in the small struggles of life.
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To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
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God will reward you,' he said. 'You must be an angel since you care for flowers.
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The saints were his friends, and blessed him the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.
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As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.
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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
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