Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
ALEXANDRE DUMASFor there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
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Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
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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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Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
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To save a man and thereby to spare a father’s agony and a mother’s feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.
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In 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 and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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In this world, all–men, women, and kings–must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God
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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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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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It is only the dead who do not return.
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If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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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.
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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.
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You who are in power have only the means that money produces – we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.
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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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