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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
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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I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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He's right: They have to put madmen with madmen.
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Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
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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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If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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I have been taken by Satan into the highest mountain in the earth, and when there he said he to me, ‘Child of earth, what wouldst thou have to make thee adore me?’ I replied, ‘Listen, I wish to be Providence myself, for I feel that the most beautiful, noblest, most sublime thing in the world, is to recompense and punish.
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Happiness is egotistical.
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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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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I am hungry, feed me I am bored, amuse me.
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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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I love the life you've always made so sweet for me and I'd regret it if I had to die.' 'Do you mean to say that if I left you---' 'I'd die, yes.' 'Then you love me?
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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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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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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
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...remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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