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Joy is the reflex of terror.

Victor Hugo

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.
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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 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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Friend is sometimes a word devoid of meaning enemy, never.
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