black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.

Alexandre Dumas

I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Blind Happiness Myself Pride Proud Thinking
Be kind. Aim for my heart.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Heart Kind Myself
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Boredom Courage Desire Hungry Myself Sleep
Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Bitter Blind Hate Rage Risk Task
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Laughter Myself Please Privilege
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Difficult Lying Value
Wait and hope!
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Hope Patience Wait
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Came Condition Fight Myself
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Blood Heart Hide Moral Painful Wound
Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Different Heart Lips Oneself Thinking
There are people who are willing to suffer and swallow their tears at leisure, and God will no doubt reward them in heaven for their resignation; but those who have the will to struggle strike back at fate in retaliation for the blows they receive.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Blow Heaven People Resignation Struggle Suffering Tears Willing
Know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Appearance Darkness Illumination Sun Yourself
Haste is a poor counselor.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Counseling Haste Poor
To save a man and thereby to spare a father’s agony and a mother’s feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Act Agony Father Humanity Man Save Spare
In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Attack Country Defend Fear Heart Liberty Man Place
You who are in power have only the means that money produces – we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Devotion Expectation Money Power Prompt

The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Alexandre Dumas Quotes