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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASYet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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Remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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God is always the last resource.
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time
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If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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Pain, thou art not an evil.
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So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.
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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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In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
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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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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
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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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