I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
ALEXANDRE DUMASA 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.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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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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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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Now I’d like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!
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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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I’m sure you’re very nice, but you’d be even nicer if you went away.
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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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Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas – no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.
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