The tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Pain, thou art not an evil.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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Wait and hope!
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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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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I’m sure you’re very nice, but you’d be even nicer if you went away.
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I 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.
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If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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Time, 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.
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There 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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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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Capricious and unfaithful, the king wished to be called Louis the Just and Louis the Chaste. Posterity will find a difficulty in understanding this character, which history explains only by facts and never by reason.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.
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Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.
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