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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising.
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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.
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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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No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.
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Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
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Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
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When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
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Order is the key to all problems.
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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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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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