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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTrue love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.
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We are always in a hurry to be happy; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
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And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude… I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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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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For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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Tell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself for an instant to be equal to God, but who realized in all humility that supreme power and wisdom are in the hands of God alone.
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The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
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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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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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