One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
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Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas 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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Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas 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.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going to lose, was after all, a good thing.
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