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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASLife is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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I 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.
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That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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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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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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Know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.
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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
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God is always the last resource.
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And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude… I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
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Here is your final lesson – do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, “Vengeance is mine.” […] He believes in you.
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The tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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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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