There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIn 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWait and hope!
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASOften we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWe must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWoman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
ALEXANDRE DUMASMastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTell 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASBusiness? It’s quite simple; it’s other people’s money.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIt is only the dead who do not return.
ALEXANDRE DUMASSo he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
ALEXANDRE DUMASHow did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
ALEXANDRE DUMASYou scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
ALEXANDRE DUMASOne’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
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