Emile Gaboriau Quotes

• Alas! we must suffer ourselves before we can feel for others.

  Emile Gaboriau

  Empathy, Suffering, Feels

  Émile Gaboriau (2015). “File”, p.41, Booklassic

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• Revenge is a luscious fruit which you must leave to ripen.

  Emile Gaboriau

  Revenge, Fruit

  Emile Gaboriau (1899). “File”

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• Woman submits to her fate; man makes his

  Emile Gaboriau

  Fate, Maturity, Destiny

  Emile Gaboriau (2017). “Other People's Money”, p.135, Jovian Press

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• A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. In the hour of need, when all else fails, we remember him upon whose knees we sat when children, and who soothed our sorrows; and even though he may be unable to assist us, his mere presence serves to comfort and strengthen us.

  Emile Gaboriau

  Children, Father, Sorrow

  Emile Gaboriau (1908). “File number 113: and The little old man of Batignolles”

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• Women never confess and even when they seemingly resign themselves to such a course they are not sincere.

  Emile Gaboriau

  Women, Sincere, Courses

  "Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name". Part I,

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• A woman scoffs at evidence. Show her the sun, tell her it is daylight, at once she will close her eyes and say to you, "No, it is night.

  Emile Gaboriau

  Women, Eye, Night

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• He was as yet not sufficiently experienced in ruffianism to know that one villain always sacrifices another to advance his own project; he was credulous enough to believe in the old adage of honor amongst thieves.

  Emile Gaboriau

  Believe, Sacrifice, Honor

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