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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASKnow 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.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Business? It’s quite simple; it’s other people’s money.
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Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
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We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantes’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
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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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For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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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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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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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
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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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For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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