Dost thou understand? I love thee! he cried again. What love! said the unhappy girl with a shudder. He resumed,--The love of a damned soul.
Each region of Paris is celebrated for the interesting treasures which are to be found there. There are ear-wigs in the timber-yards of the Ursulines, there are millepeds in the Pantheon, there are ta...
El exceso del dolor como el exceso de la alegría, es una cosa violenta que dura poco: el corazón del hombre no puede durar mucho en un extremo.
Every one has noticed the taste which cats have for pausing and lounging between the two leaves of a half-shut door. Who is there who has not said to a cat, Do come in! There
Every skull-cap may dream of the tiara. The priest is nowadays the only man who can become a king in a regular manner; and what a king! the supreme king.
Everyday he saw better, and he began to climb slowly, one by one, almost reluctantly at first then, with intoxication and, as though drawn by an irresistible fascination, steps that started off dark,...
Examine the road over which the fault has passed.- Charles Francios Bienvenu Myriel
Excess of grief, like excess of joy is a violent thing which lasts but a short time. The heart of man cannot remain long in one extremity.
Factions are blind men who aim correctly.
Facts, however, are awkward things to disconcert, and they are obstinate. The author of this book has seen, with his own eyes, eight leagues distant from Brussels, — there are relics of the Middle Age...
For Marius to arrive at this flourishing condition had required years. Hard years, and difficult ones; those to get through, these to climb. Marius had never given up for a single day. He had undergon...
For love is like a tree; it grows of itself; it send its roots deep into our being, and often continues to grow green over a heart in ruins.
For that matter, said Toussaint, it's true. We would be assassinated before we'd have time to say Boo!And then, since Monsieur doesn't sleep in the house. But don't be afraid, mademoiselle, I fasten t...
Gauvin reprit :-Et la femme? qu'en faites-vous?Cimourdain répondit:-Ce qu'elle est. La servante de l'homme.-Oui. À une condition.-Laquelle?-C'est que l'homme sera le serviteur de la femme.-Y penses-tu...
Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air, looked in the direction whence the shot came, and began to sing.
God knows better than we do what we need.
God's whole policy consists in rendering slopes less steep.
He endeavored to collect his thoughts, but did not succeed. At those hours especially when we have sorest need of grasping the sharp realities of life do the threads of though snap off in the brain.
He had a small but well stocked library. He loved books; books are a remote but reliable friend.
He had no shelter, no bread, no fire, no love; but he was merry because he was free.
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