Les Miserables (Les Misérables)
The Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne: Illustrated (Evergreen Classics)
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It was like water on dry soil; no matter how much money he received, he never had any.
Victor Hugo • Les Misérables (English language)
"Sire," said M. Myriel, "you are looking at a good man, and I at a great man. Each of us can profit by it."