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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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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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Woman is sacred the woman one loves is holy.
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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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It is the infirmity of our nature always to believe ourselves much more unhappy than those who groan by our sides!
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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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You scholars, you're in communication with the devil.
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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you he is first a father, then a judge.
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Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.
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There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
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Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
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It is only the dead who do not return.
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that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me
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in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language in which he invokes the pity of heaven!
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It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which is why when this unusual combination of circumstance does occur, history at once records the name of the chosen one and recommends him to the admiration of posterity.
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I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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