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Books Quotes by Victor Hugo
- It is those books which a man possesses but does not read which constitute the most suspicious evidence against him.
- It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
- He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends
- M. Mabeuf’s political opinion was a passionate fondness for plants, and a still greater one for books. He had, like everybody else, his termination in…
- England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.
- He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.
- So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use.
- England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her: Shakespeare and the Bible.
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