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How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? ↗

— Victor Hugo

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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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