Inspiration and genius -one and the same.
Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.
The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young.
The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
Love is a fault; so be it.
...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables