Victor Hugo quote: As for us, we respect the past here and there, and we spare it, above all, provided that it consents ...

As for us, we respect the past here and there, and we spare it, above all, provided that it consents to be dead. If it insists on being alive, we attack it, and we try to kill it.

~ Victor Hugo ~

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As for us, we respect the past here and there, and we spare it, above all, provided that it consents...

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