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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. - Victor Hugo

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. – Victor Hugo

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Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings. – Victor Hugo

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. – Victor Hugo

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Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men. – Marcus Garvey

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