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 DUMASLife 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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If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
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And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude… I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
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I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
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Business? It’s quite simple; it’s other people’s money.
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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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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms.
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Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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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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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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