On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
ALEXANDRE DUMASA person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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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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Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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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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And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude… I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
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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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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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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
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You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
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Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
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