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 DUMASFor all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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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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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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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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It is only the dead who do not return.
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Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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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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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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So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.
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For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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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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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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As a general rule…people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.
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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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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.
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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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That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
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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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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
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Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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