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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!

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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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What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die.
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I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away.
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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
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