Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
ALEXANDRE DUMASI am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
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You who are in power have only the means that money produces – we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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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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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? – why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections – an idea which carries you back to other times, to other places – which, very likely, have no connection with the present time and place.
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
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We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time
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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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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
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