Victor Marie Hugo (February 26, 1802-May 22, 1885) was a French author. He wrote: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1831; Les Contemplations, 1856; Les Miserables, 1862; Legend of the Centuries, 1859-83; and numerous other great works, was deeply involved in politics, and was exiled from France a number of times.
Victor Marie Hugo avouched:
<England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare, but the Bible made England.> 1802VH001
Victor Hugo remarked:
<Courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones, and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.> 1802VH002
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Endnotes:
1802VH001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Victor Marie Hugo. William Neil, Ph.D., D.D., Concise Dictionary of Religious Quotations (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1974), p. 9. 1802VH002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Victor Marie Hugo. Bless Your Heart (series II) (Eden Prairie, MN: Heartland Samplers, Inc., 1990), 4.3.