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Word which the finger of God has written on the brow of every man — hope!
Victor Hugo
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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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When we are at the end of life, to die means to go away when we are at the beginning, to go away means to die.
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I am for religion, against religions.
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Love partakes of the soul itself. it is of the same nature. like it, it is a divine spark, like it, it is incorruptible, indivisible, imperishable, it is the point of fire which is within us, which is immortal and infinite, which nothing can limit and nothing can extinguish.
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Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.
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Yes, instruction! Light! Light! Everything comes from light, and to everything it returns.
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Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for the extravagant, for the too much, for that which is not good for anything.
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Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.
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It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.
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To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
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