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Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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Civilization survives on the constant discovery of amity and an equal supply of damnation.
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...Human thought has no limit. At its risk and peril, it analyzes and dissects its own fascination. We could almost say that, by a sort of splendid reaction, it fascinates nature the mysterious world surrounding us returns what it receives it is likely that contemplators are contemplated.
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The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.
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Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
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The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral.
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The supreme ordeal, let us say rather, the only ordeal, is the loss of the beloved being.
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As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.
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