“The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must have the ideal.”

—  Victor Hugo

Ce besoin de l’immatériel est le plus vivace de tous. Il faut du pain; mais avant le pain, il faut l’idéal. <br class="br">&quot; Les fleurs http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Proses_philosophiques_-_Les_Fleurs#IV,&quot; (ca. 1860 - 1865), from Oeuvres complètes (1909); published in English as The Memoirs of Victor Hugo, trans. John W. Harding (1899), Chapter VI: Love in Prison, part II

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French poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802–1885

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