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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.

Alexandre Dumas

In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas – no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Feeling Ideas Kill Known Man Obstacle Politics Removal
The tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Betrayal Flower Tree
Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Defeat Myself Strong Woman
So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Carry Chain heavy Need
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Children Education Intelligence Man Stupidity
So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
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Final Himself Smile Wisdom
A 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 DUMAS

Black Cloud Horizon Mindset See Sky Weakness Yourself
Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That’s when you shout, “Do your worst, for I will do mine!” and you will be remembered forever.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Forever Life Remember Storm Willing
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Intoxicate Mindset Please Poet Woman
For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Evil Remedy Silence Time
Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Fortune Generosity Hate Limitation True
It is only the dead who do not return.
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Death One Liner Return
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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Attack Country Defend Fear Heart Liberty Man Place
We are always in a hurry to be happy; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
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Believe Difficult Fortune Goodness Happiness Hurry Suffering
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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Book Myself Paper Sword
You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Charming Doubt Yourself

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