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Curiosity is one form of feminine bravery.

— Victor Hugo

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Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and of grief!

Les Misérables (1862)

One can no more pray too much than love too much.

Les Misérables (1862)

The best way to worship God is to love your wife.

Les Misérables (1862)

To love or to have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life. To love is a consummation.

Les Misérables (1862)

To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.

Ninety-Three (1874)

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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

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