Without knowing it, Javert in his awful happiness was deserving of pity, like every ignorant man who triumphs. Nothing could have been more poignant or more heartrending than that countenance on which was inscribed all the evil in what is good.

“Examinez cette balance : toutes les jouissances dans le plateau du riche, toute…”

“If we wish to be happy, monsieur, we must never comprehend duty; for, as soon a…”

“A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.”

“One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas. a”