Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself for an instant to be equal to God, but who realized in all humility that supreme power and wisdom are in the hands of God alone.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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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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What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
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We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time
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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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When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
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Misfortune does not help us to believe.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
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Haste is a poor counselor.
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Order is the key to all problems.
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Moral wounds have this peculiarity – they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
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Wait and hope!
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Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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