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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASBesides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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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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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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There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
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I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
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For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
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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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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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I’m sure you’re very nice, but you’d be even nicer if you went away.
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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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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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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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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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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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