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" Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil! "

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" It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes. "

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" As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. "

" Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter. "

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" I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul. "

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" He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free. "

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