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Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw. Germination includes the hatching of a meteor and the tap of a swallow's bill breaking the egg, and it leads forward the birth of an earth-worm and the advent of Socrates.
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future a reflex from the future on the past.
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Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.
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God has bestowed two gifts on man: hope and ignorance. Ignorance is the better of the two.
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We do not comprehend everything, but we insult nothing.
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To be wicked does not insure prosperity - for the inn did not succeed well.
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