He went to mass rather from good-feeling than from devotion, and because he loved the faces of men, but hated… — Victor Hugo

He went to mass rather from good-feeling than from devotion, and because he loved the faces of men, but hated their noise and he found them, at church only, gathered together and silent.

In the original (French)

Il allait à la messe plutôt par douceur que par dévotion, et puis parce qu’aimant le visage des hommes, mais haïssant leur bruit, il ne les trouvait qu’à l’église réunis et silencieux.

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