There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
ALEXANDRE DUMASOrder is the key to all problems.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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I am a count, not a saint.
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You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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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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Business? It’s quite simple; it’s other people’s money.
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So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
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Be 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.
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Tell 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.
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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To save a man and thereby to spare a father’s agony and a mother’s feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.
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A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.
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