That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
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.
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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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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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Time, 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.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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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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Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
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If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.
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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
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What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
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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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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
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And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude… I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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