Les Misérables

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Quotes from Les Misérables

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"Forgiveness is the ultimate act of mercy."
Jean Valjean Kindness
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"To be happy is not to be free from pain, but to be superior to it."
Jean Valjean Happiness
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"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."
Cosette Love
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"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought."
Jean Valjean Wisdom
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"Keep your heart pure, for from it flows the issues of life."
Fantine Wisdom
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"I have discovered the true meaning of love."
Marius Pontmercy Love
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"Conscience is God."
Jean Valjean Faith
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"Poverty does not define a person's worth."
Jean Valjean Justice
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"To be a mother is to have one's heart walking outside one's body."
Fantine Family
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"There is a limit to what even a noble soul can endure."
Jean Valjean Strength
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"I have not forgotten that I am a man."
Jean Valjean
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"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Javert Justice
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"Conscience is more or less clear according to the light we give it."
Jean Valjean Wisdom
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"The supreme court of conscience is within us."
Jean Valjean Truth
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"To love another person is to see the face of God."
Fantine Love
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"He jests at scars that never felt a wound."
Jean Valjean Wisdom
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"What a great thing it is to make two people happy."
Cosette Happiness
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"To love another person is to see the face of God."
Fantine Love
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"Conscience is a coward's weapon."
Javert
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"I have not forgotten; I have forgiven."
Jean Valjean
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"To die happy and beloved, to sacrifice oneself, what glory!"
Fantine Courage
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"I am an accident that became a man."
Jean Valjean
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"Poverty is the worst form of violence."
Jean Valjean Justice
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"To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live."
Marius Pontmercy Life
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"The supreme happiness is to be loved for what one is."
Cosette Love
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"To love another person is to see the face of God."
Fantine Love
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"Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on himself."
Jean Valjean Strength
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"There is no such thing as fate."
Jean Valjean Freedom
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"The supreme court of appeal is conscience."
Jean Valjean Justice
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"Despair is the absolute weakness."
Jean Valjean Courage