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No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
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Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.
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Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and to-morrow we may never see.
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