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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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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. – Victor Hugo

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Beauty
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Victor Hugo
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Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murders. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls. – Victor Hugo

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There is no better proof of a mans being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. – Will Rogers

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By nature, men love newfangledness. – Geoffrey Chaucer

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The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall. – Thomas Carlyle

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