black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

Alexandre Dumas

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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Alone Angel Equality God Life Prayer Watch
In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Attack Country Defend Fear Heart Liberty Man Place
It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Betrayal Flower Tree
I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Bored Food Hungry Myself
I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Book Myself Paper Sword
For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Choice Head Heart Ideas
It 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 DUMAS

Man Promise Rare Threat Woman
That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Awake Dreams Fortunate Himself Known Sleep
The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Belief Faith God Himself Hope Misery
Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Beside Happiness Pass Recognition
Business? It’s quite simple; it’s other people’s money.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Business Money People Quite Simplicity
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 DUMAS

Difficult Person Position
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Appearance Darkness Illumination Sun Yourself
And 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 DUMAS

Farewell Kindness Place Punish Revenge Reward Substitute
There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Acceptance Believe Impossible Life Willing
Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Burn Fire Greatness Truth Water

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Alexandre Dumas Quotes