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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.

Alexandre Dumas

It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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Betrayal Flower Tree
Edmond Dantes: I don’t believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn’t matter, He believes in you.
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Believe God Himself Yourself
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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Doubt Enemy Man Person Rank
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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Fools Myself Rest
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
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Dragon Fight Guard Happiness Order Palace
Remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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Betrayal Fake Remember Revenge
If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
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Crime Discover Finding Wish Yourself
True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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Better Inspirational Love Man Woman
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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Boredom Courage Desire Hungry Myself Sleep
Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
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Fortune Generosity Hate Limitation True
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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Awake Dreams Fortunate Himself Known Sleep
Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms.
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Conflict Life Passion Place Social Storm
Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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Defeat Myself Strong Woman
All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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Division Fall Togetherness Unity
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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Awkward Custom Fashion Future Law
In this world, all–men, women, and kings–must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God
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Future God King Man Present Woman World

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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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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