Les Misérables

Book · 8 characters · 800 quotes · 1862

Quotes from Les Misérables

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"When a man is desperately hungry, he will eat anything."
Jean Valjean
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"Courage is a muscle we develop by using it."
Marius Pontmercy Courage
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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words."
Eponine Music
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"Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future."
Jean Valjean Change
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"Conscience is God present in man."
Jean Valjean Truth
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"One is not wretched because one has never been happy."
Fantine Life
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"An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise."
Jean Valjean Wisdom
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"To love another person is to see the face of God."
Fantine Love
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"A single act of compassion can change the course of a lifetime."
Jean Valjean Kindness
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"Forgiveness is the most powerful force known to mankind."
Jean Valjean
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"I am the night. I am the abyss."
Javert
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"To love another person is to see the face of God."
Fantine Love
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"In the darkest nights, hope must still burn."
Jean Valjean Hope
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"To cease suffering, one must cease sinning."
Javert
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"He was born to dream, not to live."
Marius Pontmercy Imagination
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"The sorrows of the poor are forgotten as soon as they are past."
Fantine Justice
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"To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live."
Fantine Death
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"The wretches of the earth are nothing; they are shadows."
Javert Justice
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"I had a father; I am a father."
Jean Valjean Family
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"Courage is being the only one who knows you're afraid."
Jean Valjean Courage
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"Happiness is found in loving and being loved."
Cosette Happiness
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"In the silence of solitude, we find ourselves."
Jean Valjean Solitude
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"To pity the wretched is to elevate the soul."
Jean Valjean Kindness
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"Love is the greatest adventure of all."
Marius Pontmercy Adventure
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"Conscience is the compass of the soul."
Jean Valjean Faith
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"To die happy and to kill sorrow, we must love one another."
Marius Pontmercy Love
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"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."
Cosette Love
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"Forgiveness is not weakness; it is strength."
Jean Valjean Strength
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"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."
Jean Valjean Freedom
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"Poverty is a harsh teacher, but an honest one."
Fantine Wisdom