The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
ALEXANDRE DUMASGod orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.
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We are always in a hurry to be happy; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
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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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Here is your final lesson – do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, “Vengeance is mine.” […] He believes in you.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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Edmond Dantes: I don’t believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn’t matter, He believes in you.
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Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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He’s right: They have to put madmen with madmen.
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The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.
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If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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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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