The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWhat 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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In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas – no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.
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Haste is a poor counselor.
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It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
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Pain, thou art not an evil.
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character,” said the count; “on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.
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Remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.
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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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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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Tell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself for an instant to be equal to God, but who realized in all humility that supreme power and wisdom are in the hands of God alone.
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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