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There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.
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All who suffer are full of hatred all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains.
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To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
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Forget not, never forget that you have promised me to use this silver to become an honest man.... Jean Valjean, my brother: you belong no longer to evil, but to good. It is your soul that I am buying for you. I withdraw it from dark thoughts and from the spirit of perdition, and I give it to God!
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A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement-in a word, with more renunciation than you care for-and so you flee the contagion.
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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.
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My revenge is fraternity! No more frontiers! The Rhine for everyone! Let us be the same Republic, let us be the United States of Europe, let us be the continental federation, let us be European liberty, let us be universal peace!
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A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
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To learn to read is to light a fire every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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