He’s right: They have to put madmen with madmen.
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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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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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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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.
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I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
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Happiness is egotistical.
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Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.
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Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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Know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.
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Wait and hope!
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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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