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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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Friend is sometimes a word devoid of meaning enemy, never.
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There is will in the thought, there is none in the dream. The dream, which is completely spontaneous, takes and keeps, even in the gigantic and the ideal, the form of our mind. Nothing springs more directly and more sincerely from the very bottom of our souls than our unreflected and indefinite aspirations towards the splendours of destiny.
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Everything speaks: the flowing airstream and the sailing halycon, the blade of grass, the flower, the bud, the element did you imagine the universe to be otherwise?
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The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure it no longer rests upon anything but what is elevated and great.
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There is such a thing as the pressure of darkness.
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To rise at six, to dine at ten, To sup at six, to sleep at ten, Makes a man live for ten times ten.
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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
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What love commences can be finished by God alone.
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Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or our purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.
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A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.
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The beautiful is as useful as the useful. He added after a moment’s silence, Perhaps more so.
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As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.
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It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.
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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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At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.
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