Alexandre Dumas, fils quotes

Alexandre Dumas, fils was a French writer and playwright, renowned for his novels and powerful dramas. His most famous work, "La Dame aux Camélias," inspired numerous adaptations including Verdi's opera "La Traviata." He became a leading figure of 19th-century French literature and left a lasting impact on drama and social themes. Here are 8 of his quotes:

Business? Why, it's very simple: business is other people's money.

Alexandre Dumas, fils

Christianity is ever-present, with its wonderful parable of the prodigal son, to urge us to counsels of forbearance and forgiveness. Jesus was full of love for souls of women wounded by the passions of men, and He loved to bind their wounds, drawing from those same wounds the balm which would heal them. Thus he said to Mary Magdalene: "Your sins, which are many, shall be forgiven, because you loved much?" a sublime pardon which was to awaken a sublime faith. Why should we judge more strictly than Christ? Why, clinging stubbornly to the opinions of the world which waxes hard so that we shall think it strong, why should we too turn away souls that bleed from wounds oozing with the evil of their past, like infected blood from a sick body, as they wait only for a friendly hand to bind them up and restore them to a convalescent heart?

Alexandre Dumas, fils

It is possible to become a painter, a sculptor, or a musician by study, but not a dramatic poet; a man is so either at once or never, as he is blonde or brown, and cannot help it.

Alexandre Dumas, fils

Men and women go to the theatre only to hear of love, and to take part in the pains or in the joys that it has caused. All the other interests of humanity remain at the door.

Alexandre Dumas, fils

That world begins where the lawful wife finishes; it finishes where the venal wife begins. It is divided from the world of honest women by the public scandal it provokes; it is divided from the world of courtesans by money.

Alexandre Dumas, fils

In the interest of the dictionaries of the future let me lay down the principle that the Demi-Monde, contrary to the common belief and in spite of what is printed, does not represent the ruck of courtesans, but the class of women that have lost caste.

Alexandre Dumas, fils

Women sometimes allow you to be unfaithful to their love; they never allow you to wound their self-esteem.

Alexandre Dumas, fils