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There are things stronger than the strongest man.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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We are not loved by our friends for what we are rather, we are loved in spite of what we are.
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Hope is a delusion no hand can grasp a wave or a shadow.
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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.
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If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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Let the one fight for his flag, and the other for his ideal, and let them both imagine that they are fighting for the country the strife will be colossal.
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Idleness is a mother. She has a son, robbery, and a daughter, hunger.
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Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
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Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.
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Gutenberg's invention of printing is the greatest event-the mother of revolution
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If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.
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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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To live a life which is a perpetual falsehood is to suffer unknown tortures.
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A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn.
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As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
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It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.
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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
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In winter there is no heat, no light, no noon, evening touches morning, there is fog, and mist, the window is frosted, and you cannot see clearly. The sky is but the mouth of a cave. The whole day is the cave.... Frightful season! Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.
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