Les Misérables

Book · 8 characters · 800 quotes · 1862

Quotes from Les Misérables

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"To love is to risk everything."
Marius Pontmercy Love
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"There is dignity in suffering when it is borne with grace."
Fantine Perseverance
J
"The depths of the soul can only be understood through love."
Jean Valjean Love
C
"Love knows no law but its own."
Cosette Love
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"The night is made for dreaming, not for despair."
Marius Pontmercy Dreams
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"A man cannot starve on love alone."
Fantine Wisdom
J
"Poverty is the mother of crime."
Javert
J
"Mercy is not weakness, it is the greatest strength."
Jean Valjean Kindness
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"The heart of a woman is an ocean of secrets."
Fantine Love
J
"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for another."
Jean Valjean Love
F
"One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength."
Fantine Wisdom
C
"Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough."
Cosette Love
J
"Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory."
Jean Valjean
J
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful."
Jean Valjean
F
"To love another person is to see the face of God."
Fantine Love
J
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of that world is a form of liberation."
Jean Valjean Freedom
C
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
Cosette Love
J
"The principal thing is that the innocent should be saved."
Jean Valjean Justice
J
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Javert Justice
J
"There is nothing the flesh cannot endure when the spirit is willing."
Jean Valjean Strength
J
"Pity the man who has not learned to forgive."
Jean Valjean Kindness
C
"True love never abandons its object."
Cosette Love
J
"I am not an advocate of senseless optimism."
Javert Truth
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"The flesh is weak but obstinate."
Fantine Strength
J
"Advance, and the way will open before you."
Jean Valjean Courage
C
"The supreme happiness is to be wanted."
Cosette Love
F
"Pity is not something one asks for when one deserves justice."
Fantine Justice
J
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Jean Valjean Patience
J
"Death is but a passing shadow."
Jean Valjean Death
J
"He who conquers himself is greater than he who takes a city."
Jean Valjean Strength