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Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves.

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No matter who you are, the thought of so much suffering and degradation must cause you to shudder at the sight of a veil or cassock, those two shrouds of human invention.

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Nothing is really small; whoever is open to the deep penetration of nature knows this.

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In my old age there is a coming into flower. My body wanes; my mind waxes.

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A joyous little creature, so beautiful, It was as if a gate of Heaven opened as she came in.

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Slowly he took out the clothes in which, ten years beforem Cosette had left Montfermeil; first the little dress, then the black scarf, then the great heavy child's shoes Cosette could still almost have worn, so small was her foot, then the vest of very thich fustian, then the knitted petticoat, the the apron with pockets, then the wool stockings.... Then his venerable white head fell on the bed, this old stoical heart broke, his face was swallowed up, so to speak, in Cosette's clothes, and anybody who had passed along the staircase at that moment would have heard irrepressible sobbing.

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The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.

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The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to us more radiant than ever.

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There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths.

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There is no more sovereign eloquence than the truth in indignation.

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We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are.

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Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.

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To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

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The left-handed are precious; they take places which are inconvenient for the rest.

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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

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What love commences can be finished by God alone.

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Genius: the superhuman in man.

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Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.

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I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

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Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

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