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A man trying to escape never thinks himself sufficiently concealed.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
Drawer
Essayist
Illustrator
Librettist
Memoirist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Travel Writer
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Men
Thinking
Sufficiently
Concealed
Escape
Thinks
Trying
Never

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