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 DUMASFor there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
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Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.
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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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The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.
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The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground, they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
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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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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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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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The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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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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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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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
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Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
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