Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a step…

Victor Hugo
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Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind; distress is the nurse of self-respect; misfortune is a good breast for great souls. ✨ Victor Hugo (1862). Marius, p.68
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