Capricious and unfaithful, the king wished to be called Louis the Just and Louis the Chaste. Posterity will find a difficulty in understanding this character, which history explains only by facts and never by reason.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWe are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantes’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Now I’d like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!
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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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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms.
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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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There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
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It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going to lose, was after all, a good thing.
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Wait and hope!
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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Here is your final lesson – do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, “Vengeance is mine.” […] He believes in you.
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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