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England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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And if it happened to be a Christmas-night when the great bell seemed to rattle in its throat as it called the faithful to the midnight mass, there was such an indescribable air of life spread over the sombre facade that the great door-way looked as if it were swallowing the entire crowd, and the rose-window staring at them.
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I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one.
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The women laughed and wept the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.
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Every step which the intelligence of Europe has taken has been in spite of the clerical party.
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Here we stop. Upon the threshold of wedding nights stands an angel smiling, his finger on his lip.
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