For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
ALEXANDRE DUMASHappiness is egotistical.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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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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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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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.
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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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Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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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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I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
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