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 DUMASMisfortune does not help us to believe.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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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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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.
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Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
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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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For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.
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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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You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
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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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Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That’s when you shout, “Do your worst, for I will do mine!” and you will be remembered forever.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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