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Marius was of the temperament that sinks into grief and remains there; Cosette was of the sort that plunges in and comes out again.

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

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The word Gothic, in the sense in which it is generally employed, is wholly unsuitable, but wholly consecrated. Hence we accept it and we adopt it, like all the rest of the world, to characterize the architecture of the second half of the Middle Ages, where the ogive is the principle which succeeds the architecture of the first period, of which the semi-circle is the father.

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I dislike wealth and prosperity, especially that of other men.

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The onward march of the human race requires that the heights around it constantly blaze with noble lessons of courage. Deeds of daring dazzle history and form one of man's guiding lights.

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The memory of an absent person shines in the deepest recesses of the heart, shining the more brightly the more wholly its object has vanished: a light on the horizon of the despairing, darkened spirit; a star gleaming in our inward night.

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Popularity - a piece of faded tinsel, that is out of date.

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Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter.

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A bit of mould is a pleiad of flowers; a nebula is an ant-hill of stars.

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The wise man is he who knows when and how to stop

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All the human and animal manure which the world wastes, if returned to the land, instead of being thrown into the sea, would suffice to nourish the world.

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To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee?

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Joy is the reflex of terror.

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Good actions are the invisible hinges on the doors of heaven.

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The first proof of charity in a priest, and especially a bishop, is poverty.

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Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties.

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Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.

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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

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Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical?

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Is there not in every human soul a primitive spark, a divine element, incorruptible in this world and immortal in the next, which can be developed by goodness, kindled, lit up, and made to radiate, and which evil can never entirely extinguish.

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