Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
- Victor Hugo - In Old Age
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When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.
- Victor Hugo - In Old Age
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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
- Victor Hugo - In Education
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In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.
- Hugo L. Black - In History
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Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
- Victor Hugo - In Love
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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
- Victor Hugo - In Music
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When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.
- Hugo L. Black - In Sports
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Wisdom is a sacred communion.
- Victor Hugo - In Words to the Wise
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