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Victor Hugo, I am proud to be translated into Armenian

I don’t know your ancient language, but I love that language. I feel the east in it, remember the centuries there, and see the glow of a mysterious hint of the past. I am proud to be translated into Armenian.

Victor Hugo, a French writer

Taken from Armenians And Armenia

Hugo by Étienne Carjat, 1876 wikipedia.org
Vigen Avetisyan

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