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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.
Victor Hugo
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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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If I have not been exposed and am not in any danger of pursuit. But I have been exposed, I am pursued - by myself! That is a pursuer that does not readily let go.
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The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.
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Nobody knows like a woman how to say things at the same time sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman this is all of Heaven.
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There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure that they are atheists it is with them only a question of definition, and in any case, if they do not believe in God, being great minds, they prove God.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
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A queen, devoid of beauty is not queen She needs the royalty of beauty's mien.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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To know how to distinguish the agitation arising from covetousness, from the agitation arising from principles, to fight the one and aid the other, in this lies the genius and the power of great revolutionary leaders.
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The production of souls is the secret of unfathomable depth.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art.
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It has become necessary to call the attention of European governments to a fact which is apparently so insignificant that the governments seem not to notice it. The fact is this: an entire people is being annihilated. Where? In Europe. Are there witnesses? One witness, the entire world. Do the governments see it? No.
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Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit.
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A doctor’s door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open.
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These are true felicities. No joy beyond these joys. Love is the only ecstasy, everything else weeps
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To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul.
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Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.
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Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls.
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France lost a great novel last night.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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