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It was SHE. Whoever has loved knows all the radiant meaning contained in the three letters of this word ‘she.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.
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France is great because she is France.
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Friendship exists outside our modern economy of scarcity... It's not about apportioning vanishing resources of time and energy. Friendship is a blessed relic of the ancient economy of the gift, and the time freely given to people dear to you actually creates magical abundance.
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Nothing is more dangerous than discontinued labor it is habit lost. A habit easy to abandon, difficult to resume.
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From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.
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There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see a living being lose his hold upon it, and fall like a ripe fruit.
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There is but one way of refusing To-morrow, that is to die.
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A republic may be called the climate of civilization.
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The earth is a great piece of stupidity.
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Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.
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But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.
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Wisdom is a sacred communion.
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History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose result is reality. Furthermore, history and legend have the same goal to depict eternal man beneath momentary man.
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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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The rich's paradise was created by the poor's hell.
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