So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere 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.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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It is only the dead who do not return.
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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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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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We are always in a hurry to be happy; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
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I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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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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Misfortune does not help us to believe.
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For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.
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Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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