I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
ALEXANDRE DUMASOne’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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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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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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It is only the dead who do not return.
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Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
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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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Happiness is egotistical.
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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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I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
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Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That’s when you shout, “Do your worst, for I will do mine!” and you will be remembered forever.
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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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Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
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