I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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.
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There 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.
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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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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.
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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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Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.
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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
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Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
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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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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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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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