Victor Hugo - The Man Who Laughs (1869)

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There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths.

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They had done him the honor to take him for a madman, but had set him free on discovering that he was only a poet.

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It is very fortunate that kings cannot err. Hence their contradictions never perplex us.

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He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

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One of the hardest labours of the just man is to expunge from his soul a malevolence which it is difficult to efface.

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The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.

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To look facts in the face is the duty of every sensible person.

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