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Memory is a gulf that a word can move to its lowest depths.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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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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So a voice in the mountain is enough to let loose an avalanche. A word too much may be followed by a caving in. If the word had not been spoken, it would not have happened.
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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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