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The sewer is the vice that runs in the city's blood.

Victor Hugo · Les misérables Tome V: Jean Valjean

L’égout est le vice que la ville a dans le sang.

The sewer is the vice that runs in the city's blood.

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Victor Hugo · Les misérables Tome V: Jean Valjean

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Every career has its aspirants who escort the newcomers. There is no power that does not have its entourage; no fortune that does not have its court.

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the most sublime things are often also the least understood

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Here is the nuance: the doctor's door must never be closed; the priest's door must always be open.

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Hélas ! Dieu donne l’air aux hommes, la loi le leur vend. Je n’accuse pas la loi, mais je bénis Dieu.

Alas! God gives air to men, but the law sells it to them. I do not accuse the law, but I bless God.

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