I’m sure you’re very nice, but you’d be even nicer if you went away.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThrough 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.
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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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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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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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That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
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Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
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It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
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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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Happiness is egotistical.
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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Now I’d like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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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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