He who has not been a stubborn accuser in prosperity should hold his peace in the face of ruin.
He who does not weep does not see.
He was not to perceive that of two men engaged in an action so hideous, he who permits the thing is worse than the man who does the work, because he is the coward!
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
He was fond of saying, There is a bravery of the priest as well as the bravery of a colonel of dragoons,--only, he added, ours must be tranquil.
In the first love, the soul is taken far before the body; afterwards the body is taken far before the soul; sometimes the soul is not taken at all...
He was a friendly but sad figure. People said of him: 'A rich man who is not proud. A fortunate man who does not look happy.
Voyager, c'est naître et mourir à chaque instant.
Errors make excellent projectiles.
Weep for them all, the bishop said. Equally, G——— exclaimed, and if the balance tips, let it be on the side of the people: They have suffered longer.
For a person's nature,like a rock,can be drilled into by drops of water.For a person's nature,like a rock,can be drilled into by drops of water.For a person's nature,like a rock,can be drilled into by...
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Had he not had a greater purpose, the saving not of his life but of his soul, the resolve to become a good and honourable man and upright man as the bishop required him - had not that been his true a...
Notre-Dame de Paris is, in particular, a curious specimen of this variety. Each face, each stone of the venerable monument, is a page not only of the history of the country, but of the history of scie...
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 our part, if we were forced to make a choice between the barbarians of civilization and the civilized men of barbarism, we should choose the barbarians.
For there are many great deeds done in the small struggles of life. There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessit...
The sunshine was delightful, the foliage gently astir, more from the activity of birds than from the breeze. One gallant little bird, doubtless lovelorn, was singing his heart out at the top of a tall...
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