In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWe must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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The tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
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Pain, thou art not an evil.
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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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Edmond Dantes: I don’t believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn’t matter, He believes in you.
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We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time
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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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Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
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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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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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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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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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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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