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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTruly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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I’m sure you’re very nice, but you’d be even nicer if you went away.
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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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If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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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.
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Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.
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We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantes’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
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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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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.
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Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
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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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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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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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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
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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.
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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
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Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That’s when you shout, “Do your worst, for I will do mine!” and you will be remembered forever.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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