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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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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – 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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I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself. – Victor Hugo

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A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness. – Mahatma Gandhi

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It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been Gods pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. – Voltaire

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