Madame Magloire," retorted the Bishop, "you are mistaken. The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a pause, "More so, perhaps.

“Long live the Republic! I'm one of them."Grantaire had risen. The immense gleam…”

“A fall from such a height is rarely straight downwards.”

“What greater flood can there be than the flood of ideas? How quickly they subme…”

“People weighed down with troubles do not look back; they know only too well tha…”