And 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWomen are never so strong as after their defeat.
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There are people who are willing to suffer and swallow their tears at leisure, and God will no doubt reward them in heaven for their resignation; but those who have the will to struggle strike back at fate in retaliation for the blows they receive.
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To save a man and thereby to spare a father’s agony and a mother’s feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.
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The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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Happiness is egotistical.
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In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas – no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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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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In this world, all–men, women, and kings–must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God
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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
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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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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.
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Order is the key to all problems.
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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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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For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
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For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
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One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
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I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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