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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.
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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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Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.
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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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