Jésus a pleuré, Voltaire a souri; c’est de cette larme divi… - Victor Hugo

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Jésus a pleuré, Voltaire a souri; c’est de cette larme divine et de ce sourire humain qu’est faite la douceur de la civilisation actuelle.

Victor Hugo

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Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement, widely esteemed as one of the greatest of French writers and poets.

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Alternative Names: Victor Marie Hugo • Homme océan • Ocean Man • Victor-Marie Hugo

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Lever à six, coucher à dix,
Dîner à dix, souper à six,
Font vivre l'homme dix fois dix.

where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice?

God manifests himself to us in the first degree through the life of the universe, and in the second degree through the thought of man. The second manifestation is not less holy than the first. The first is named Nature, the second is named Art.

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