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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you he is first a father, then a judge.
Alexandre Dumas
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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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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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...know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow - so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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I am hungry, feed me I am bored, amuse me.
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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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For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
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Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
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If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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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
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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
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For in those tacit understandings which maintain the bond of family union, the mother is really the mistress of her daughter only upon the condition of continually presenting herself to her as a model of wisdom and type of perfection.
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