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The flesh is the upper surface of the unknown.
Victor Hugo
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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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You say, Where goest Thou? I cannot tell, And still go on. But if the way be straight I cannot go amiss: before me lies Dawn and the day: the night behind me: that Suffices me: I break the bounds: I see, And nothing more believe and nothing less. My future is not one of my concerns.
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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.
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If nobody loved, the sun would go out.
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Who among us has not sought peace in a song?
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The tomb is not a blind alley: it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight. It opens on the dawn.
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If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
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To see so much misery everywhere, I suspect that God is not rich. He keeps up appearances, it is true, but I feel the pinch. He gives a revolution as a merchant, whose credit is low, gives a ball.
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