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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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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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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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God is always the last resource.
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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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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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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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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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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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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
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If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.
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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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Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That’s when you shout, “Do your worst, for I will do mine!” and you will be remembered forever.
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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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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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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