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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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And so, being in Heaven, it was easy for him to lose sight of earth.
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I am in the night. There is a being who has gone away and carried the heavens with her. Oh! to be laid side by side in the same tomb, hand clasped in hand, and from time to time, in the darkness, to caress a finger gently, that would suffice for my eternity.
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Spira, spera. (breathe, hope)
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Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
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