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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
Victor Hugo
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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
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Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour.
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Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.
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As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.
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Word which the finger of God has written on the brow of every man — hope!
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M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.
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He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.
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Gavroche had fallen only to rise again he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air, looked in the direction whence the shot came, and began to sing.
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