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He had not yet lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at hand then the impossible, and that what must be looked for is always the unforeseen.
Victor Hugo
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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.
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Foppery is the egotism of clothes.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.
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There are fathers who do not love their children there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
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She might have melted a heart of stone, but nothing can melt a heart of wood.
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I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart, shows at the same time the pearls and the soul.
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Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
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He loved books books are cold but safe friends.
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