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The ox suffers, the cart complains.
Victor Hugo
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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.
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Nature, like a kind and smiling mother, lends herself to our dreams and cherishes our fancies.
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The saints were his friends, and blessed him the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.
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To pay compliments to the one we love is the first method of caressing, a demi-audacity venturing. A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
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