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Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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God manifests himself to us in the first degree through the life of the universe, and in the second degree through the thought of man. The second manifestation is not less holy than the first. The first is named Nature, the second is named Art.
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One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.
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There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
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There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.
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Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.
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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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It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.
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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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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
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The world is the expanding Greece and Greece is the shrinking world.
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What is fright by night is curiosity by day.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
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The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.
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