Javert

Character in Les Misérables From: Les Misérables

Inspector; embodiment of rigid law and justice

64 quotes

"Misery is the produce of vice."
Philosophy
"Pity is a rebellion against nature."
Philosophy
"The supreme proof of being condemned to death is the noise made during the execution."
Death
"I am an accident in an absurd universe."
Philosophy
"Pity is not a good sentiment. It is contemptible."
Justice
"I had thought that I could not be wrong, and yet I am."
Truth
"A man with no conscience is a dead man already."
Wisdom
"Duty is the essence of humanity."
Wisdom
"The conscience is a judge more fearsome than any court."
Truth
"Pity is a thing to be ashamed of."
Wisdom
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Justice
"I am the conscience of the law."
Justice
"This is my final warning: I must either take you or be taken."
Power
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Justice
"Pity is not a sentiment to be proud of."
Wisdom
"There is a certain satisfaction in being precise and methodical."
Work
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Justice
"The law is harsh but it is the law."
Justice
"The supreme penalty of your crime is to live."
Justice
"The law is a manifestation of God's will."
Justice
"Pity is a virtue that leads men to madness."
Wisdom
"To die for an idea is to place a very high price upon conjecture."
Philosophy
"I am the law and the law is me."
Power
"I am not an advocate of senseless optimism."
Truth
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Justice
"Poverty is the mother of crime."
"Conscience is a coward's weapon."
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Justice
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Justice
"He knows nothing of what he is doing."
Justice