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Every man is a book in which God himself writes.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.
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Progress is the stride of God.
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One resists the invasion of armies one does not resist the invasion of ideas.
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I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.
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You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
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...Though we chisel away as best we can at the mysterious block from which our life is made, the black vein of destiny continually reappears.
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History has its truth and so has legend hers.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.
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What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another.
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