Reason is intelligence taking exercise; imagination is inte… - Victor Hugo

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Reason is intelligence taking exercise; imagination is intelligence with an erection.

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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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But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.

Reason is intelligence taking exercise; imagination is intelligence with an erection. - Victor Hugo

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