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Alexandre Dumas

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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Fools Myself Rest
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
Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.
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Friendship Known Man Time Wait
Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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Goodness Happiness Sadness Time
You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
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Charming Doubt Yourself
There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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Acceptance Believe Impossible Life Willing
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
Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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Different Heart Lips Oneself Thinking
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
Moral wounds have this peculiarity – they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
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Blood Heart Hide Moral Painful Wound
On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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Fortune Hang Life Myself
True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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Beautiful History Offspring Rape
How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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Difficult Escape Moments Planning Pleasure
You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
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Communication Devil Yourself
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Comparison Grief Happiness Misery Oneself State World
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

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