black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Alexandre Dumas

Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Effect Oppression Sorrow Strange Time
Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Bliss Capability Despair Man Ultimate
I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Death Lose Love Strength Strong
There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Acceptance Believe Impossible Life Willing
I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Death Hold Life Myself
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Laughter Myself Please Privilege
For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Evil Remedy Silence Time
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Alone Angel Equality God Life Prayer Watch
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Black Cloud Horizon Mindset See Sky Weakness Yourself
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Knowledge Learning Memories Oneself Philosophy Understanding
When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Heart Himself Man Resolution
We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Finding Humble Oneself Pure Soothing Sound
Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Blossom Fruit Ripe Slow Watch Youth
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Blow Heaven People Resignation Struggle Suffering Tears Willing
God is always the last resource.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

God One Liner Resource
God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Father God Himself Judgement Mercy Religion

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Alexandre Dumas Quotes