Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
ALEXANDRE DUMASNo, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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Wait and hope!
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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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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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Haste is a poor counselor.
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Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising.
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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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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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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If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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Edmond Dantes: I don’t believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn’t matter, He believes in you.
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