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The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.


Victor Hugo

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VICTOR HUGO But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
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VICTOR HUGO One believes others will do what he will do to himself.
VICTOR HUGO The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
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VICTOR HUGO Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
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VICTOR HUGO The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.
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VICTOR HUGO To contemplate is to look at shadows.
VICTOR HUGO To think of shadows is a serious thing.
VICTOR HUGO Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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VICTOR HUGO Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
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VICTOR HUGO Those who live are those who fight.
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VICTOR HUGO The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
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VICTOR HUGO Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
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VICTOR HUGO Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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