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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people and on the other hand one cannot be a good historian of this inner life without taking into account outward events where these are relevant.
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We are on the side of religion as opposed to religions, and we are among those who believe in the wretched inadequacy of sermons and the sublimity of prayer.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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The English took the eagle and Austrians the eaglet. [Fr., L'Angleterre prit l'aigle, et l'Autriche l'aiglon.]
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The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.
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Anger may be foolish and absurd, and one may be wrongly irritated, but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is fundamentally right.
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The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.
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Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
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With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How many men are like nettles My friends, there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators.
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Since we shall love each other, I shall be great and you shall be rich.
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The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.
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If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
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Loving is half of believing.
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It is the peculiarity of grief to bring out the childish side of man.
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Nature is pitiless she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering.
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To meditate is to labour to think is to act.
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If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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A writer is a world trapped in a person.
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