Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
Top 10 Best Quotes
“God will bless you,' said he, 'you are an angel since you take care of the flowers.' 'No,' she replied. 'I am the devil, but that's all the same to me.”
“It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.”
“Of all the things that God has made, the human heart is the one which sheds the most light, alas! and the most darkness.”
“You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and a greater mystery, woman.”
“There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.”
“Ecclesiastes calls you the All-powerful; the Maccabees call you the Creator; the Epistle to the Ephesians calls you liberty; Baruch calls you Immensity; the Psalms call you Wisdom and Truth; John calls you Light; the Books of Kings call you Lord; Exodus calls you Providence; Leviticus, Sanctity; Esdras, Justice; the creation calls you God; man calls you Father; but Solomon calls you Compassion, and that is the most beautiful of all your names.”
“What love commences can be finished by God alone.”
“The soul aids the body, and at certain moments, raises it. It is the only bird which bears up its own cage.”
“Just see how idiotic one can be! One reckons without the good God.”
“It is only barbarous nations who have a sudden growth after a victory”
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