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It is grievous for a man to leave behind him a shadow in his own shape.

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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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My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley.
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