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Victor Hugo, Les Misérables Quotes: We do not claim that the portrait we are making is the whole truth, only that it is a resemblance.
         

We do not claim that the portrait we are making is the whole truth, only that it is a resemblance.


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We do not claim that the portrait we are making is the whole truth, only that it is a resemblance.
         



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