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One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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And if it happened to be a Christmas-night when the great bell seemed to rattle in its throat as it called the faithful to the midnight mass, there was such an indescribable air of life spread over the sombre facade that the great door-way looked as if it were swallowing the entire crowd, and the rose-window staring at them.
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Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions
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At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry
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God put in man thought society, action nature, revery.
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Progress is the life-style of man.
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Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
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History has its truth and so has legend hers.
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He saw before him two roads, both equally straight but he saw two and that terrified him — him, who had never in his life known but one straight line. And, bitter anguish, these two roads were contradictory.
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To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.
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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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What is history? An echo of the past in the future a reflex from the future on the past.
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God knows better than we do what we need.
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The man is placed where the Earth ends, the woman, where the heaven starts.
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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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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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