Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
ALEXANDRE DUMASPhilosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
ALEXANDRE DUMASSo 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASCapricious 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASA weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.
ALEXANDRE DUMASA person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
ALEXANDRE DUMASKnow 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASAh, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
ALEXANDRE DUMASUnfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
ALEXANDRE DUMASYou scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTrue, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
ALEXANDRE DUMASBe kind. Aim for my heart.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWhat a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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