Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.
ALEXANDRE DUMASNo, 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.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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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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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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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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Pain, thou art not an evil.
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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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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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The tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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Business? It’s quite simple; it’s other people’s money.
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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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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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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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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
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