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To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a ...more

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These two beings, who had loved each other so exclusively, and with so touching a love, and who had lived so long for each other, were now suffering b...more

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He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most b...more

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Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in...more

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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.

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Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

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Make thought a whirlwind.

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Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I ...more

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Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

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A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.

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Let no one misunderstand our idea; we do not confound what are called 'political opinions' with that grand aspiration after progress with that sublime...more

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And do you know Monsieur Marius? I believe I was a little in love with you.

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Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and,...more