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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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There is a spectacle more grand than the sea it is heaven there is a spectacle more grand than heaven it is the conscience.
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You would have imagined her at one moment a maniac, at another a queen.
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
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Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.
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My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo
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