Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty…

Victor Hugo
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Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or our purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls. ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult
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