I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
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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Know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.
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Remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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I 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.
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That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
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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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You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
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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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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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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
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Moral wounds have this peculiarity – they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
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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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Edmond Dantes: I don’t believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn’t matter, He believes in you.
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The tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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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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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.
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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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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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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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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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