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For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.

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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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Silence
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Upon my word, said Dantes, you make me shudder. Is the world filled with tigers and crocodiles? Yes and remember that two legged tigers and crocodiles are more dangerous than the others.
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Philosophy cannot be taught it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That's when you shout, Do your worst, for I will do mine! and you will be remembered forever.
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D’Artagnan: Why is Athos sitting by himself? Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry, he’ll be his usual charming self by morning.
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...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
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Fool that I am, said he,that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself.
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps!
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