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Popularity? It is glory's small change. — Victor Hugo

Play · Tragedy (play) · Drama (play)

Popularity? It is glory's small change.

In the original French

La popularite? C'est la gloire en gros sous.

Victor Hugo
1838
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Time
1838
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Victor Hugo
Provenance
Current citation
Hugo, Victor. "Ruy Blas." Victor Hugo: Four Plays, translated by William D. Howarth and John Golder. Methuen Drama, 2004.
Original citation
Hugo, Victor. Ruy Blas. 8 Nov. 1838, Theatre de la Renaissance, Paris, France.

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