Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
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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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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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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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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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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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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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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
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Here is your final lesson – do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, “Vengeance is mine.” […] He believes in you.
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Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.
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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising.
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Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.
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I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
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