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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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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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Love is the salutation of the angel to the stars
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There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem such affection is lasting, not passionate.
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I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.
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If a man has his throat cut in Paris, it's a murder. If 50,000 people are murdered in the east, it is a question.
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Every good quality runs into a defect economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man is close to the bully he who is very pious is slightly sanctimonious there are just as many vices to virtue as there are holes in the mantle of Diogenes.
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The cruel of heart have their own black happiness.
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He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.
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Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night? It is the music of a people Who are climbing to the light. For the wretched of the earth There is a flame that never dies. Even the darkest night will end And the sun will rise.
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Inanimate objects sometimes appear endowed with a strange power of sight. A statue notices, a tower watches, the face of an edifice contemplates.
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Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.
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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.
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Paris is a sum total. Paris is the ceiling of the human race. All this prodigious city is an epitome of dead and living manners and customs. He who sees Paris, seems to see all history through with the sky and constellations in the intervals.
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Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.
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Go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
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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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The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.
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Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.
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This book should be read as one would read the book of a dead man.
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