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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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Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary. – Victor Hugo

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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. – Victor Hugo

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But I have promises to keep,
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The great Creator to revere
Must sure become the creature;
But still the preaching cant forbear,
And evn the rigid feature:
Yet neer with wits profane to range
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For deity offended. – Robert Burns

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