The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.
ALEXANDRE DUMASAnd now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude… I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
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It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going to lose, was after all, a good thing.
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We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
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I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
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Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
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It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
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Know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.
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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.
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So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
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A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.
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I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
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