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Quote by Victor Hugo
We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope.

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present. – Victor Hugo

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Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach. – Victor Hugo

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I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss! – 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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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Time and the hour run through the roughest day. – William Shakespeare

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I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. Its just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions. – David Attenborough

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I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. – Albert Einstein

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A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. – Leo Tolstoy

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