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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
Alexandre Dumas
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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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I have no will, unless it be the will never to decide. I have been so overwhelmed by the many storms that have broken over my head, that I am become passive in the hands of the Almighty, like a sparrow in the talons of an eagle. I live, because it is not ordained for me to die.
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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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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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But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues? Maximilien asked. Because, my friend, I judge it by the past.
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms
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Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
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Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
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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
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...remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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Life is very tenacious in these lawyers.
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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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Order is the key to all problems.
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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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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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If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo
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Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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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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The air in Provence is impregnated with the aroma of garlic, which makes it very healthful to breathe.
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