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Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.

Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.

Victor Hugo
Mountain, Building, Century
Victor Hugo (2004). “The Essential Victor Hugo”, p.63, Oxford University Press, UK

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.

Victor Hugo
Halloween, Greatness, Mountain
Victor Hugo (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)”, p.6986, Delphi Classics

So a voice in the mountain is enough to let loose an avalanche. A word too much may be followed by a caving in. If the word had not been spoken, it would not have happened.

Victor Hugo
Anger, Voice, Mountain
Victor Hugo (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)”, p.7002, Delphi Classics

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