The peculiarity of sunrise is to make us laugh at all our terrors of t…

Victor Hugo
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The peculiarity of sunrise is to make us laugh at all our terrors of the night, and our laugh is always proportioned to the fear we have had. ✨ Victor Hugo (2000). Les Mis??rables, p.805, Modern Library
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