Marius had lived too little as yet to know that nothing is more imminent than the impossible, and that what… — Victor Hugo

Marius had lived too little as yet to know that nothing is more imminent than the impossible, and that what we must always forsee is the unforseen.

In the original (French)

Marius avait trop peu vécu encore pour savoir que rien n’est plus imminent que l’impossible, et que ce qu’il faut toujours prévoir, c’est l’imprévu.

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