Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself for an instant to be equal to God, but who realized in all humility that supreme power and wisdom are in the hands of God alone.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Business? It’s quite simple; it’s other people’s money.
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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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For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.
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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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Edmond Dantes: I don’t believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn’t matter, He believes in you.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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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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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
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It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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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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