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Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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We teachers make the road, others will make the journey.
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We would be ashamed of our best behavior if the people knew the motives of our behaving so.
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But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength.
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Emotion is always new.
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To err is human. To loaf is Parisian.
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