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Ma vie est une énigme dont ton nom est le mot. (My life is an enigma, of which your name is the word.)

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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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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Ah, cried Gavroche, what does this mean? It rains again! ...If this continues, I withdraw my subscription.
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I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.
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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
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From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.
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