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A writer is a world trapped in a person.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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It seems as though, at the approach of a certain dark hour, the light of heaven infills those who are leaving the light of earth.
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A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been.
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For, to make deserts, God, who rules mankind, Begins with kings, and ends the work by wind.
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Desiring always to be in mourning, he clothed himself with night.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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Youth is the future smiling at a stranger, which is itself.
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First problem. To produce wealth. Second problem. To distribute it.
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Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
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What dangers you run, O noble souls! Often, you give your heart, but we take only your body. Your heart is left to you and you look at it in the shadows and shudder.
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Progress is not accomplished in one stage.
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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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True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.
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What's our baggage? Only vows, Happiness, and all our care, And the flower that sweetly shows Nestling lightly in your hair.
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Man does not understand nor accept immortality except on condition of self-remembrance.
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One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
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Love is the salutation of the angel to the stars
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If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.
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It is only barbarous nations who have a sudden growth after a victory
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Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.
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