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We should judge a man much more surely from what he dreams than from what he thinks.

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One cannot resist an idea whose time has come.

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The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.

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Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions

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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

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The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to us more radiant than ever.

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Word which the finger of God has written on the brow of every man — hope!

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It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the false aim of life, happiness, we forget the true aim, duty!

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So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use.

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During a wise man's whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.

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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.

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Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character, 'Tis the fault of Voltaire; Misery is my trousseau 'Tis the fault of Rousseau.] - Gavroche

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The transept belfry and the two towers were to him three great cages, the birds in which, taught by him, would sing for him alone. Yet it was these same bells which had made him deaf; but mothers are often fondest of the child who has made them suffer most.

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Ideas can no more flow backward than can a river.

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Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion. Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts. If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. To love another person is to see the face of God.

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It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.

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To rove about, musing, that is to say loitering, is, for a philosopher, a good way of spending time.

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He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.

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What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.

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Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

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