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Conscience is God present in man.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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The English took the eagle and Austrians the eaglet. [Fr., L'Angleterre prit l'aigle, et l'Autriche l'aiglon.]
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To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. Why was I not made of stone like thee?
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Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it - there is a certain shameful solidarity.
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Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
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I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart, shows at the same time the pearls and the soul.
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Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night.
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God made only water, but man made wine.
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A day will come when all nations on our continent will form a European brotherhood... A day will come when we shall see... the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas.
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In love, such a word, whispered, is a mysterious kiss of the soul to the soul.
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Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.
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The man is placed where the Earth ends, the woman, where the heaven starts.
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Civil war.... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as foreign war? Was not all warfare between men warfare between brothers?
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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She was a lovely blonde, with fine teeth. She had gold and pearls for her dowry but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
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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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