“ People do not know each other until they have drunk together. He who empties his glass empties his heart. ”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862). copy citation
| Author | Victor Hugo |
|---|---|
| Source | Les Misérables |
| Topic | trust drinking heart |
| Date | 1862 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translation by Isabel F. Hapgood in 1887 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/135/135-h/135-h.htm |
Context
“«According to the philosophers, the Eternal Father; according to the Jacobins, the Supreme Being.»
«Shall we not make each other's acquaintance?» stammered Fauchelevent.
«It is made. You are a peasant, I am a Parisian.»
«People do not know each other until they have drunk together. He who empties his glass empties his heart. You must come and have a drink with me. Such a thing cannot be refused.»
«Business first.»
Fauchelevent thought: «I am lost.»
They were only a few turns of the wheel distant from the small alley leading to the nuns' corner.” source
«Shall we not make each other's acquaintance?» stammered Fauchelevent.
«It is made. You are a peasant, I am a Parisian.»
«People do not know each other until they have drunk together. He who empties his glass empties his heart. You must come and have a drink with me. Such a thing cannot be refused.»
«Business first.»
Fauchelevent thought: «I am lost.»
They were only a few turns of the wheel distant from the small alley leading to the nuns' corner.” source
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