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The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.

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To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.

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One of the magnanimities of woman is to yield.

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And if it happened to be a Christmas-night when the great bell seemed to rattle in its throat as it called the faithful to the midnight mass, there was such an indescribable air of life spread over the sombre facade that the great door-way looked as if it were swallowing the entire crowd, and the rose-window staring at them.

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In joined hands there is still some token of hope, in the clenched fist none.

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Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.

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Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.

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There are plenty who regard a wall behind which something is happening as a very curious thing.

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I was always a lover of soft-winged things.

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We do not comprehend everything, but we insult nothing.

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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

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Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.

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When a person opens a book, he can never be in prison.

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Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.

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Wisdom is the health of the soul.

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Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.

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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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The sewer is the conscience of the city.

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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

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Forget not, never forget that you have promised me to use this silver to become an honest man.... Jean Valjean, my brother: you belong no longer to evil, but to good. It is your soul that I am buying for you. I withdraw it from dark thoughts and from the spirit of perdition, and I give it to God!

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