Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWoman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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 DUMASYouth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
ALEXANDRE DUMASPure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
ALEXANDRE DUMASEvery individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
ALEXANDRE DUMASYour bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
ALEXANDRE DUMASJoy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWhen 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASLove is the most selfish of all the passions.
ALEXANDRE DUMASYet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIn business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
ALEXANDRE DUMASBe happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
ALEXANDRE DUMASRemember that what has once been done may be done again.
ALEXANDRE DUMASHow did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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