We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantes’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
ALEXANDRE DUMASGod orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.
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We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time
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The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground, they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
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Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
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Remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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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.
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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
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For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
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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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I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
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