I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere are people who are willing to suffer and swallow their tears at leisure, and God will no doubt reward them in heaven for their resignation; but those who have the will to struggle strike back at fate in retaliation for the blows they receive.
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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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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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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
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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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Remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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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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The tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character,” said the count; “on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.
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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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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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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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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
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