Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
ALEXANDRE DUMASLearning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Order is the key to all problems.
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Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
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Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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Haste is a poor counselor.
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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.
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So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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Here is your final lesson – do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, “Vengeance is mine.” […] He believes in you.
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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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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Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
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Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
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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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Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.
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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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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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I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
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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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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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I’m sure you’re very nice, but you’d be even nicer if you went away.
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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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We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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