Quotes by Victor Hugo, Les Misrables

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“In a little town, there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.”
— Victor Hugo, Les Misrables
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“[He] had to submit to the fate of every newcomer in a small town, where many tongues talk but few heads think.”
— Victor Hugo, Les Misrables
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