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Victor Hugo Quotes: Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
         

Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.


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Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
         



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Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.



When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.



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