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I am a count, not a saint.

Alexandre Dumas

Capricious and unfaithful, the king wished to be called Louis the Just and Louis the Chaste. Posterity will find a difficulty in understanding this character, which history explains only by facts and never by reason.
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Character Fact Faith Reason Understanding Willing
God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.
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Father God Himself Judgement Mercy Religion
Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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Defeat Myself Strong Woman
God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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God Himself Life Man Order Save
Haste is a poor counselor.
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Counseling Haste Poor
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.
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Fools Learning Oneself
A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.
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Black Cloud Horizon Mindset See Sky Weakness Yourself
Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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Love Passion Selfish
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Comparison Grief Happiness Misery Oneself State World
Misfortune does not help us to believe.
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Believe Deep Misery Misfortune
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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Appearance Darkness Illumination Sun Yourself
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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Blow Heaven People Resignation Struggle Suffering Tears Willing
Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.
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Diet Drunk Lover Protection
Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.
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Drought Fall Ground Heart Suffering
There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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Care Friendship Heard Secret
You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
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Charming Doubt Yourself

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