He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.
("Les Miserables")
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To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost --that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization --is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.Victor Hugo
Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
Victor Hugo
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
Victor Hugo
Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.
Victor Hugo
Conscience is God present in man.
Victor Hugo
The reflection of a fact is in itself a fact.
Victor Hugo
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