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In this world, all–men, women, and kings–must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

Alexandre Dumas

There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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Acceptance Believe Impossible Life Willing
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.
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Character Fact Faith Reason Understanding Willing
Misfortune does not help us to believe.
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Believe Deep Misery Misfortune
Order is the key to all problems.
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Key One Liner Order Problem
We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
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Accompany Allow Choke Excessive Expectation Love
The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground, they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
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Friendship Ground Heart Lost Ourselves
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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Farewell Kindness Place Punish Revenge Reward Substitute
What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
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Fools Heart Myself Revenge Tears
In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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Business Friendship Oneself
Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.
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Drought Fall Ground Heart Suffering
Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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Bitter Memories Oneself Sweet Time
He’s right: They have to put madmen with madmen.
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Mad Man Right Togetherness
All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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Division Fall Togetherness Unity
Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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Effect Oppression Sorrow Strange Time
Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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Language Master Oneself Opportunity
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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Boredom Courage Desire Hungry Myself Sleep

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