I’m sure you’re very nice, but you’d be even nicer if you went away.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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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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It is only the dead who do not return.
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I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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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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Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? – why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections – an idea which carries you back to other times, to other places – which, very likely, have no connection with the present time and place.
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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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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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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
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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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God is always the last resource.
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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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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.
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Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
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