The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the da…

Victor Hugo
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The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness. ✨ Victor Hugo (1862). Les Misérables: Fantine, p.14, Library of Alexandria
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The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness. ✨ Victor Hugo (1862). Les Misérables: Fantine, p.14, Library of Alexandria

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