As a general rule…people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThere 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.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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God is always the last resource.
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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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Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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Happiness is egotistical.
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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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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.
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You who are in power have only the means that money produces – we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.
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You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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Order is the key to all problems.
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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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And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude… I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
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Wait and hope!
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