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I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —

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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(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.
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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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That is a dream also only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
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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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One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.
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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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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 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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As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.
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It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
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Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
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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.
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Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!
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Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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