Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
ALEXANDRE DUMASFor 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.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
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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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Are 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.
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Order is the key to all problems.
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The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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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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In this world, all–men, women, and kings–must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God
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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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Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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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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