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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

Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.
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Drought Fall Ground Heart Suffering
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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Boredom Courage Desire Hungry Myself Sleep
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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Fools Myself Rest
So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
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Final Himself Smile Wisdom
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.
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Act Agony Father Humanity Man Save Spare
All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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Division Fall Togetherness Unity
It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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Betrayal Flower Tree
True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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Better Inspirational Love Man Woman
In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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Business Friendship Oneself
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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Man Promise Rare Threat Woman
I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
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Bored Food Hungry Myself
Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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Goodness Happiness Sadness Time
Edmond Dantes: I don’t believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn’t matter, He believes in you.
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Believe God Himself Yourself
If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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God Himself Kill Life Live Man
There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
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Body Forever Forget Remember See Sight Soul Way
In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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Dangerous Love Point Wasted Time Writing

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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