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Every blade has two edges he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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We are given up to those gods, those monsters, those giants, — our thoughts.
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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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Where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and which has the wider vision?
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As for methods of prayer, all of them are good as long as they are sincere.
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A smile is the same as sunshine it banishes winter from the human countenance.
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The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple. It is the two sexes tending to approach each other and assuming each the other's qualities.
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History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose result is reality. Furthermore, history and legend have the same goal to depict eternal man beneath momentary man.
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