All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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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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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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For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
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A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.
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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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Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
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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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It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
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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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Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
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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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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
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I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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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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If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
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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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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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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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Order is the key to all problems.
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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 have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
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Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.
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