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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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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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Bored
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Always
Monte
Amuse
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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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Woman is sacred the woman one loves is holy.
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When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
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Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.
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...remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —
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Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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We are never quits with those who oblige us, was Dantes' reply for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
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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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Happiness is egotistical.
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee! -D'Artagnan
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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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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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It 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.
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In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God
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