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“There shall be no slavery of the mind.”

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Victor Hugo, a French romantic poet, novelist, and playwright, was born on February 26, 1802, and died on May 22, 1885. He is considered one of the greatest writers in French literary history, known for his profound humanistic concerns and rich imagination. more

“Whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all. Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race; the moment has at length arrived for tearing off that rag, and for replacing, upon the naked limbs of the Man-People, the sinister fragment of the past with the grand purple robe of the dawn.”

Source: Works: Les misérables; Fantine. Cosette. Marius. Saint-Denis. Jean Valjean

“In short, I am doing what I can, I suffer with the same universal suffering, and I try to assuage it, I possess only the puny forces of a man, and I cry to all: “Help me!”

Men Trying I Can Helping Suffering Force Cry Universal Help Me

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)

“That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven.”

Men Two Heaven Angel

Book:The Works of Victor Hugo

Source: The Works of Victor Hugo

Quote by Victor Hugo

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