Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
ALEXANDRE DUMASYour life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come to them in living vellum.
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No, 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.
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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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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Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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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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Now I’d like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!
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Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
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Your life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come to them in living vellum.
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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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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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Here is your final lesson – do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, “Vengeance is mine.” […] He believes in you.
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Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That’s when you shout, “Do your worst, for I will do mine!” and you will be remembered forever.
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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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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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