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Civil war? What does this mean? Is there any foreign war? Is not every war between men, war between brothers? War is modified only by its aim. There is neither foreign war, nor civil war; there is only unjust war and just war.

He said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being.

Logic ignores the Almost, just as the sun ignores the candle.

His specialty was to succeed in nothing... He was poor, but his fund of good humor was inexhaustible. He soon reached the last sou but never the last burst of laughter. When met by adversity, he saluted that acquaintance cordially, he patted catastrophes on the back; he was so familiar with fatality as to call it by its nick-name.

You speak now like a brave man and an honest man. Courage does not fear crime, and honesty does not fear authority.

A fire would cause a dawn, undoubtedly, but why not wait for the break of day?

At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.

Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and of grief! He who has not seen the things of this world, and the hearts of men by this double light, has seen nothing, and know nothing of the truth.

What can be done in a sepulcher, they agonised, and what can be done in a hell, they sang. For where there is no more hope, song remains.

Would you realize what Revolution is, call it Progress; and would you realize what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.

Laughter is sunshine; it chases winter from the human face.

A thief is admitted, provided he be a lord.