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The wind of revolutions is not tractable.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw. Germination includes the hatching of a meteor and the tap of a swallow's bill breaking the egg, and it leads forward the birth of an earth-worm and the advent of Socrates.
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Who among us has not sought peace in a song?
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Creation lives, grows, and multiplies man is but a witness.
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I only take a half share in the civil war I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill.
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by making himself a priest made himself a demon.
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