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I’D RATHER BE HISSED AT FOR A GOOD VERSE, THAN APPLAUDED FOR A BAD ONE.
The smaller the heart, the bigger the hate it shelters.
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Dream no small dreams, for they have no power to stir the souls of men.

Take away time is money, and what is left of England? take away cotton is king, and what is left of America?

Les Misérables (1862) ‘Marius’ bk. 4 ch. 4

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A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.

Histoire d’un Crime (written 1851–2, published 1877) pt. 5, sect. 10

To rise at six, to dine at ten, To sup at six, to sleep at ten, Makes a man live for ten times ten.

Inscription over the door of Hugo’s study

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