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Alexandre Dumas

When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
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Heart Himself Man Resolution
So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.
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Afraid Alcohol Bad Fear Heart Thinking Worst
When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
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Comparison Dreams Forever Imagination Life Oneself Reality Sorrow
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Comparison Grief Happiness Misery Oneself State World
God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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God Himself Life Man Order Save
Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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Application Philosophy Science Teaching Truth
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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Friendship Life Man Moments Storm Young Yourself
To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.
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Known Learning Memories Oneself Philosophy
Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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Adventure Fear Myself Seek
Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.
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Intoxicate Mindset Please Poet Woman
That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
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Awake Dreams Fortunate Himself Known Sleep
Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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Effect Oppression Sorrow Strange Time
I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
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Death Lose Love Strength Strong
Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
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Fortune Generosity Hate Limitation True
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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Blow Heaven People Resignation Struggle Suffering Tears Willing
Moral wounds have this peculiarity – they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
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Blood Heart Hide Moral Painful Wound

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