Alexandre Dumas on agony
Alexandre Dumas123 quotes“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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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas 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.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas 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.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas Order is the key to all problems.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas Be kind. Aim for my heart.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas – no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas He’s right: They have to put madmen with madmen.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
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