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The beautiful is as useful as the useful. He added after a moment’s silence, Perhaps more so.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.'
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The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.
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Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
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Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
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Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.
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On this point, the priest and the philosopher agree: We must die.
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God created the flirt as soon as he made the fool.
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He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.
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Loving is half of believing.
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The reduction of the universe to the compass of a single being, and the extension of a single being until it reaches God - that is love. Love is the salute of the angels to the stars. How sad is the heart when rendered sad by love! How great is the void created by the absence of the being who alone fills the world.
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What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another.
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God is behind everything, but everything hides God.
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God has bestowed two gifts on man: hope and ignorance. Ignorance is the better of the two.
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Mothers arms are made of tenderness, And sweet sleep blesses the child who lies therein.
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Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.
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Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
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The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness.
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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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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
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Children at once accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity, being themselves naturally all happiness and joy.
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