It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIt is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
ALEXANDRE DUMASSo 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 DUMASBe kind. Aim for my heart.
ALEXANDRE DUMASYou scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
ALEXANDRE DUMASGod orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
ALEXANDRE DUMASAre there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? – why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections – an idea which carries you back to other times, to other places – which, very likely, have no connection with the present time and place.
ALEXANDRE DUMASOnly a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
ALEXANDRE DUMASOn what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWhen 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
ALEXANDRE DUMASSo he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIt is only the dead who do not return.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWhat a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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