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.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIn every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Tell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself for an instant to be equal to God, but who realized in all humility that supreme power and wisdom are in the hands of God alone.
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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Wait and hope!
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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As a general rule…people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
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