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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul.
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I dislike wealth and prosperity, especially that of other men.
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He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.
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Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
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The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.
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To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
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Sleep comes more easily than it returns.
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Wisdom is the health of the soul.
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History has its truth and so has legend hers.
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A doctor’s door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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A smile is the same as sunshine it banishes winter from the human countenance.
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Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.
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There is suffering in the light in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly, this is the miracle of genius.
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To love or have loved is all-sufficing. We must not ask for more. No other pearl is to be found in the shadowfolds of life. To love is an accomplishment.
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Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
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Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.
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Symmetry is ennui, and ennui is the very essence of grief and melancholy. Despair yawns.
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To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
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