On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
ALEXANDRE DUMASRemember that what has once been done may be done again.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
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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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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.
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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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Haste is a poor counselor.
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Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
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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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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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As a general rule…people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.
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Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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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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