“Quantunque Plutarco dica: "Il tiranno non invecchia mai", Roma, sotto Silla come sotto Domiziano, si rassegnava e metteva volentieri l'acqua nel vino. Il Tevere era un Lete, se si deve credere all'elogio un po' dottrinario che ne faceva Varo Vibisco: "Contra Gracchos Tiberim habemus. Bibere Tiberim, id est seditionem oblivisci". Parigi beve un milione di litri d'acqua al giorno, ma ciò non gli impedisce, all'occasione, di battere la generale e di suonare a stormo.”
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Victor Hugo
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
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