"To love beauty is to see light."
"To know how to distinguish the agitation arising from covetousness, from the agitation arising from principles, to fight the one and aid the other, in this lies the genius and the power of great revolutionary leaders."
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Source: Victor Hugo (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)”, p.6978, Delphi Classics
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