When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIn every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
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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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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
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One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
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We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantes’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
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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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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? – why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections – an idea which carries you back to other times, to other places – which, very likely, have no connection with the present time and place.
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Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground, they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
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Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
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Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
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