The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.
ALEXANDRE DUMASAh, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
ALEXANDRE DUMASLearning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.
ALEXANDRE DUMASMisfortune does not help us to believe.
ALEXANDRE DUMASHappiness is egotistical.
ALEXANDRE DUMASJoy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIn business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTo 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTrue, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
ALEXANDRE DUMASFor all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWe 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWhen a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
ALEXANDRE DUMASAnd 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASSo rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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