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Quote by Victor Hugo
Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man.

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God. – Victor Hugo

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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. – Victor Hugo

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Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice. – Thomas Paine

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