We are always in a hurry to be happy; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
ALEXANDRE DUMASYour life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come to them in living vellum.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
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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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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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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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Haste is a poor counselor.
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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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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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