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If the infinite had no me, then me would be its limit. It would not be the infinite, therefore it would not be.

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The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.

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I tried. But I feel that I haven't given utterance to the thousandth part of what lies within me. When I go to the grave I can say as others have said, "I have finished my day's work." But I cannot say, "I have finished my life." My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley; it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight, but opens on the dawn.

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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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To destroy abuses is not enough; Habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there." ~old man G--- to Monseigneur Bienvenu Myriel

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

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What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold.

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Not seeing people allows you to think of them as perfect in all kinds of ways.

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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.

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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 tree.

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It has become necessary to call the attention of European governments to a fact which is apparently so insignificant that the governments seem not to notice it. The fact is this: an entire people is being annihilated. Where? In Europe. Are there witnesses? One witness, the entire world. Do the governments see it? No.

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The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.

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Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.

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The real, native South Seas food is lousy. You can't eat it.

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My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo

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A breath of Paris preserves the soul.

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Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.

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Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions

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All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word 'no.' To 'no' there is only one answer and that is 'yes.

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