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Have but luck, and you will have the rest be fortunate, and you will be thought great.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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The man who fights against his own country is never a hero.
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Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.
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That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven.
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