Misfortune does not help us to believe.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTrue, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
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God is always the last resource.
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There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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Pain, thou art not an evil.
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There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantes’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
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When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
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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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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character,” said the count; “on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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