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Creation lives, grows, and multiplies man is but a witness.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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The clouds, - the only birds that never sleep.
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The transept belfry and the two towers were to him three great cages, the birds in which, taught by him, would sing for him alone. Yet it was these same bells which had made him deaf but mothers are often fondest of the child who has made them suffer most.
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It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.
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Every body drags its shadow, and every mind its doubt.
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Let us say it now: to be blind and to be loved, is indeed, upon this earth where nothing is complete, one of the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness.
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I'm not in the world to guard my own life, but to guard souls
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To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
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Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.
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Let us fear the worst, but work with faith the best will always take care of itself.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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We must never fear robbers or murderers. They are dangers from outside, small dangers. It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, vice the real murderer. Why should we be troubled by a threat to our person or our pocket? What we have to beware of is the threat to our souls'.
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