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The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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Taste is the common sense of genius.
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Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls.
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Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available
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As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
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When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that?
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Mirrors, those revealers of the truth, are hated that does not prevent them from being of use.
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I believe, sir, in all the progress. Air navigation is the result of the oceanic navigation: from water the human has to pass in the air. Everywhere where creation will be breathable to him, the human will penetrate into the creation. Our only limit is life.
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You are adorable, mademoiselle. I study your feet with the microscope and your soul with the telescope.
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Labor is life thought is light.
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The real, native South Seas food is lousy. You can't eat it.
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A smile is the same as sunshine it banishes winter from the human countenance.
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A republic may be called the climate of civilization.
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What says the law? You will not kill. How does it say it? By killing!
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The mind's eye can nowhere find anything more dazzling or more dark than in man it can fix itself upon nothing which is more awful, more complex, more mysterious, or more infinite. There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
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France is great because she is France.
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The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of human excellence may be fostered by faiths that we do not share.
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All who suffer are full of hatred all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains.
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Let us fear the worst, but work with faith the best will always take care of itself.
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