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It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.

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To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul.

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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.

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He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.

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From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.

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Ma vie est une énigme dont ton nom est le mot. (My life is an enigma, of which your name is the word.)

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This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown.

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Who can be sure that Jean Valjean had not been on the verge of losing heart and giving up the struggle? In loving he recovered his strength. But the truth is that he was no less vulnerable than Cosette. He protected her and she sustained him. Thanks to him she could go forward into life, and thanks to her he could continue virtous. He was the child's support and she his mainstay. Sublime, unfathomable marvel of the balance of destiny!

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

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A doctor’s door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open.

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With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How many men are like nettles My friends, there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators.

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Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

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...We pray together, we are afraid together, and then we go to sleep. Even if Satan came into the house, no one would interfere. After all, what is there to fear in this house? There is always one with us who is the strongest. Satan may visit our house, but the good Lord lives here.

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Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.

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Algebra applies to the clouds.

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The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.

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In short, I am doing what I can, I suffer with the same universal suffering, and I try to assuage it, I possess only the puny forces of a man, and I cry to all: “Help me!

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If a man has his throat cut in Paris, it's a murder. If 50,000 people are murdered in the east, it is a question.

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Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.

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Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.

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