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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWe’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
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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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I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
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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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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
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He’s right: They have to put madmen with madmen.
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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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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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It is only the dead who do not return.
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