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> [What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in the daytime, and contemplation at night? Was not this narrow enclosure, with the sky for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/what-was-more-needed-by-this-old-man-who-divided-the-leisure-hours-of/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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