Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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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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I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
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Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
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Tell 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.
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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Happiness is egotistical.
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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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Pain, thou art not an evil.
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Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.
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That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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