“The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.”
Source: Les Misérables
“If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. (Monseigneur Bienvenu in _Les Miserables_)”
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Victor Hugo 308
French poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802–1885Related quotes
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