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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!
Alexandre Dumas
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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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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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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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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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Business? It's quite simple it's other people's money.
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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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I am hungry, feed me I am bored, amuse me.
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Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn't matter, He believes in you.
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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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