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"Every blade has two edges, he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other."
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"Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race."
"When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age."
"So bring me this man, trembling and shivering from head to foot; let me fall into his arms or down at his knees; he will weep and we shall weep, he will be eloquent and I shall be comforted, and my heart shall melt into his, he will take my soul, and I his God.But what is this kindly old gentleman to me? And what am I to him? Just one more member of the race of unfortunates, one more shade to go with the many he has seen, one more figure to add to his total of executions."
"To attempt, to brave, to persist, and persevere, to be faithful to one's self, to wrestle with destiny, to astound the catastrophe by the slight fear which is causes us, now to confront unjust power, again to insult intoxicated victory, to hold firm and withstand -- such is the example which nations need and the light which electrifies them."
"First of all, I wish you love, and that by loving you may also be loved.But if it's not like that, be brief in forgettingAnd after you've forgotten, don't keep anything."
"The driver, a black silhouette upon his box, whipped up his bony horses. Icy silence in the coach. Marius, motionless, his body braced in the corner of the carriage, his head dropping down upon his breast, his arms hanging, his legs rigid, appeared to await nothing now but a coffin; Jean Valjean seemed made of shadow, and Javert of stone."
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"There are consequences to ignoring consequences that are a consequence of my blatant unwillingness to learn from my consequences."
"There are consequence every action, whether evil or good."
"Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious."
"The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock."
"A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes."
"Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful."
"What you do as president has consequences."
"So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get."
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