Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a littl…

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Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful. ✨ Victor Hugo (1909). The Works of Victor Hugo ...
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Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard. ✨ Victor Hugo (1980). Les misérables, Viking Pr
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The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate.
The realities of life do not allow themselves to be forgotten. ✨ Victor Hugo (2016). Les Misérables, p.804, My Ebook Publishing House

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful. ✨ Victor Hugo (1909). The Works of Victor Hugo ...

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