I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
ALEXANDRE DUMASMisfortune does not help us to believe.
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Capricious and unfaithful, the king wished to be called Louis the Just and Louis the Chaste. Posterity will find a difficulty in understanding this character, which history explains only by facts and never by reason.
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For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
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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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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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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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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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Know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.
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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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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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Misfortune does not help us to believe.
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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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He’s right: They have to put madmen with madmen.
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Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
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