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Widger's Quotes and Images from L'Abbe Constantin by Ludovic Halévy / The French Immortals: Quotes and Images

Chapter 1: ABBE CONSTANTIN
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A curated selection of quotations and images distills episodes and aphorisms from a provincial novel, sketching life in a small community around a benevolent central figure. The excerpts and illustrations emphasize moments of charity, social friction, love, money, religious feeling, and the uneasy balance between duty and personal desire. Presented as memorable lines and visual touches rather than a continuous narrative, the pieces illuminate character interactions, local customs, and quiet moral dilemmas. The overall tone shifts between gentle satire and affectionate realism, offering a mosaic of everyday virtues, awkwardness, and modest drama.

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Title: Widger's Quotes and Images from L'Abbe Constantin by Ludovic Halévy

Author: Ludovic Halévy

Editor: David Widger

Release date: July 13, 2009 [eBook #7578]
Most recently updated: December 30, 2020

Language: English

Credits: This eBook was produced by David Widger

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ABBE CONSTANTIN



By Ludovic Halevey













Ancient pillars of stone, embrowned and
gnawed by time

And they are shoulders which ought to
be seen

Believing themselves irresistible

But she will give me nothing but money

Duty, simply accepted and simply
discharged

Frenchman has only one real luxury--his
revolutions

God may have sent him to purgatory just
for form's sake

Great difference between dearly and
very much

Had not told all--one never does tell
all

He led the brilliant and miserable
existence of the unoccupied

If there is one! (a paradise)

In order to make money, the first thing
is to have no need of it

Love and tranquillity seldom dwell at
peace in the same heart

Never foolish to spend money.  The
folly lies in keeping it

Often been compared to Eugene Sue, but
his touch is lighter

One half of his life belonged to the
poor

One may think of marrying, but one
ought not to try to marry

Succeeded in wearying him by her
importunities and tenderness

The women have enough religion for the
men

The history of good people is often
monotonous or painful

To learn to obey is the only way of
learning to command


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