How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
ALEXANDRE DUMASEvery 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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So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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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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Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.
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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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The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground, they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
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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.
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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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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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Wait and hope!
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In this world, all–men, women, and kings–must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God
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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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For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
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Tell 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.
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