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Alexandre Dumas
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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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...remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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No, 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.--The Count of Monte Cristo
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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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One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.
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Wait and hope!
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Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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