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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
Victor Hugo
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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
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Everything speaks: the flowing airstream and the sailing halycon, the blade of grass, the flower, the bud, the element did you imagine the universe to be otherwise?
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He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.
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