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Astronomy, that micography of heaven, is the most magnificent of the sciences. ... Astronomy has its clear side and its luminous side on its clear side it is tinctured with algebra, on its luminous side with poetry.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.
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All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word no. To no there is only one answer and that is yes. Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing. Man lives more by affirmation than by bread.
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I'm not in the world to guard my own life, but to guard souls
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The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure it no longer rests upon anything but what is elevated and great.
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Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647 but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach.
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Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.
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The onward march of the human race requires that the heights around it constantly blaze with noble lessons of courage. Deeds of daring dazzle history and form one of man's guiding lights.
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If nobody loved, the sun would go out.
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Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibers. Take the cable thread by thread, take separately all the little determining motives, you break them one after another, and you say: that is all! Wind them and twist them together, they become an enormity.
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Who among us has not sought peace in a song?
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In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.
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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.
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To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.
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Civilization survives on the constant discovery of amity and an equal supply of damnation.
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There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths.
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The saints were his friends, and blessed him the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.
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If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.
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