Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIt is only the dead who do not return.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
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We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantes’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
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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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You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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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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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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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.
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Wait and hope!
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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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For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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