Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
ALEXANDRE DUMASAh, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWe 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASOrder is the key to all problems.
ALEXANDRE DUMASBe 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTruly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIn this world, all–men, women, and kings–must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God
ALEXANDRE DUMASWoman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
ALEXANDRE DUMASLove is the most selfish of all the passions.
ALEXANDRE DUMASNever fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTrue love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
ALEXANDRE DUMASAnd 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIt is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThat is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
ALEXANDRE DUMASIn love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
ALEXANDRE DUMASHappiness 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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