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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASKnow 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASOnly a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWithout reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character,” said the count; “on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTime, 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.
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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASTrue, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASGod is always the last resource.
ALEXANDRE DUMASWe are always in a hurry to be happy; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
ALEXANDRE DUMASOften we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIt 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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThe custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
ALEXANDRE DUMASHow did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
ALEXANDRE DUMASFor there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI’m sure you’re very nice, but you’d be even nicer if you went away.
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