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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to us more radiant than ever.
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And then, strange to say, the first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity in a girl, it is boldness.
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It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.
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Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard.
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Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
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Dost thou understand? I love thee! he cried again.What love! said the unhappy girl with a shudder.He resumed,--The love of a damned soul.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
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Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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Wisdom and eloquence are not always united.
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Night and the day, when united, Bring forth the beautiful light.
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For, to make deserts, God, who rules mankind, Begins with kings, and ends the work by wind.
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He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.
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The soul has greater need of the ideal than of the real
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Years place at last a venerable crown upon a head.
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What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another.
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Stupidity talks, vanity acts.
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A wedding is not house-keeping.
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A house is built of logs and stone, of tiles and posts and piers a home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years.
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