Victor Hugo Quotes, Brother Quotes, Men Quotes

Do not forget, do not ever forget, that you have promised me to use the money to make yourself an honest man.' Valjean, who did not recall having made any promise, was silent. The bishop had spoken the words slowly and deliberately. He concluded with a solemn emphasis: Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to what is evil but to what is good. I have bought your soul to save it from black thoughts and the spirit of perdition, and I give it to God.

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Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men

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From a political point of view, there is but one principle, the sovereignty of man over himself. This sovereignty of myself over myself is called Liberty

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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

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A strange thing has happened, do you know? I am in darkness. There is a person who, departing, took away the sun.

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The owl goes not into the nest of the lark.

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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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A house is built of logs and stone, of tiles and posts and piers; a home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years.

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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.

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It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.

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

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A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit.

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Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.

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Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.

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Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes.

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When two mouths, made sacred by love, draw near to each other to create, it is impossible, that above that ineffable kiss there should not be a thrill in the immense mystery of the stars.

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He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.

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Taste is the common sense of genius.

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It is sad to tell, but after having tried society, which had caused his misfortune, he tried Providence which created society, and condemned it also.

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Creation lives, grows, and multiplies; man is but a witness.

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