Quote

I am hungry, feed me I am bored, amuse me.

Alexandre Dumas

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Dumas père
Alexandre Dumas pere
Alexandre Dumas
father
Alexandre Dumas
père
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Dumas
the Elder
Amuse
Feed
Bored
Hungry

More quotes by Alexandre Dumas

Image
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.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
All for one, one for all, that is our device.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
Be kind. Aim for my heart.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, Vengeance is mine. [...] He believes in you.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
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
Alexandre Dumas
Image
In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well contented to be regarded as martyrs.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
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.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
Alexandre Dumas
Image
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.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude... I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
You scholars, you're in communication with the devil.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
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.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Image
It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
We are never quits with those who oblige us, was Dantes' reply for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
Alexandre Dumas
Image
One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.
Alexandre Dumas