To save a man and thereby to spare a father’s agony and a mother’s feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.
ALEXANDRE DUMASYouth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
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Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character,” said the count; “on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.
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In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas – no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.
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Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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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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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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