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...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
Alexandre Dumas
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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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Hatred is blind rage carries you away and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
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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!
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(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded twice. In general, people only ask for advice, he said that they may not follow it or if they should follow it that they may have somebody to blame for having given it.
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Within six months, if I am not dead, I shall have seen you again, madam--even if I have to overturn the world.
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But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues? Maximilien asked. Because, my friend, I judge it by the past.
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