You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI 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.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising.
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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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I’m sure you’re very nice, but you’d be even nicer if you went away.
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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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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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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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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.
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It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going to lose, was after all, a good thing.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground, they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
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Wait and hope!
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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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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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