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" Genius: the superhuman in man. "
Victor Hugo
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" Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys. That is why it is commonly said, with a strange abuse of words, that passion does not endure. "
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" Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds. "
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" When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age. "
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" The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand. "
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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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