Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That’s when you shout, “Do your worst, for I will do mine!” and you will be remembered forever.
ALEXANDRE DUMASLife is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That’s when you shout, “Do your worst, for I will do mine!” and you will be remembered forever.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
ALEXANDRE DUMASAll for one, one for all, that is our device.
ALEXANDRE DUMASHow did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
ALEXANDRE DUMASGod is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTime, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.
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 DUMASThe custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWoman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASLove is the most selfish of all the passions.
ALEXANDRE DUMASGod is always the last resource.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIf God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWithout 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASHappiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
ALEXANDRE DUMASAs 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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