God made only water, but man made wine.

Victor Hugo
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God made only water, but man made wine.
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...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables ✨ Victor Hugo (1987). Les Misérables, Signet Classics
She was sad with an obscure sadness of which she had not the secret herself. There was in her whole person the stupor of a life ended but never commenced. ✨ Victor Hugo (1862). Marius, p.25
Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air, looked in the direction whence the shot came, and began to sing. ✨ Victor H … ▶
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