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QUOTATION:Thought is the work of the intellect, reverie is its self-indulgence. To substitute day-dreaming for thought is to confuse a poison with a source of nourishment.
ATTRIBUTION:Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French poet, dramatist, novelist. Les Misérables, pt. 4, bk. 2, ch. 1 (1862).
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:Hugo Collection.
 
 
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