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Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use.
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Now, one cannot read nonsense with impunity.
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Press on! A better fate awaits thee.
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In the opera we call love, the libretto is almost nothing.
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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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Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.
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You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.
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Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.
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A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.
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To destroy abuses is not enough Habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there. ~old man G--- to Monseigneur Bienvenu Myriel
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There is in every village a torch - the teacher and an extinguisher - the priest.
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I believe in religion against the religious in the pitifulness of orisons, and in the sublimity of prayer.
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When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that?
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My greatness does not extend to this shelf.
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God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
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Many great actions are committed in small struggles.
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A man trying to escape never thinks himself sufficiently concealed.
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Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.
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Mothers arms are made of tenderness, And sweet sleep blesses the child who lies therein.
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We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.
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