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Quote by Victor Hugo
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. - Vic

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. – Victor Hugo

Other quotes by Victor Hugo

A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been. – Victor Hugo

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War
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Victor Hugo
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We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. – Victor Hugo

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Women
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Victor Hugo
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The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. – Malcolm Forbes

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I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise. – Susan Orlean

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Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education. – Yoshihiko Noda

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President Obama is a principled man who has worked hard to put healthcare and a good education in the reach of millions of Americans and believes that everyone who works hard and plays by the rules, should have a fair shot at the American dream. – Cristina Saralegui

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