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Quote by Victor Hugo
Prometheus is action. Hamlet is hesitation. In Prometheus the obst

Prometheus is action. Hamlet is hesitation. In Prometheus the obstacle is exterior; in Hamlet it is interior. In Prometheus the will is securely nailed down by nails of brass and cannot get loose; besides, it has by its side two watchers – Victor Hugo

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To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. – Victor Hugo

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Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it. – Victor Hugo

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Nothing else in the world… not all the armies… is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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