QuoteQuest“Jésus a pleuré, Voltaire a souri; c’est de cette larme divine et de ce sourire humain qu’est faite la douceur de la civilisation actuelle.”
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- Title
- Wikiquote: Victor Hugo
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- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
Context
Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. Of that divine tear and that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization.
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Hugo, Victor. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Victor Hugo. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo
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