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God made the water but men made the wine.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How many men are like nettles My friends, there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators.
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But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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God secludes Himself but the thinker listens at the door.
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