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A bird sings, a child prattles, but it is the same hymn; hymn indistinct, inarticulate, but full of profound meaning.

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At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry

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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

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I will be Chateaubriand or nothing.

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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

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Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great.

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His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own.

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Do you know what friendship is?' he asked. 'Yes,' replied the gypsy; 'it is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand.' 'And love?' pursued Gringoire. 'Oh! love!' said she, and her voice trembled, and her eye beamed. 'That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven.

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Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing.

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You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.

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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.

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A translation in verse . . . seems to me something absurd, impossible.

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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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Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it.

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God made the water but men made the wine.

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So a voice in the mountain is enough to let loose an avalanche. A word too much may be followed by a caving in. If the word had not been spoken, it would not have happened.

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It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.

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M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.

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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

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