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When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever. (Alexandre Dumas)
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. View quote
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. View quote
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Order is the key to all problems. View quote
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If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful. View quote
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I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away. View quote
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Love is the most selfish of all the passions. View quote
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It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death. (Alexandre Dumas)
True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Be kind. Aim for my heart. View quote
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I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses. View quote
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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth. View quote
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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. View quote
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Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That's when you shout, "Do your worst, for I will do mine!" and you will be remembered forever. View quote
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities. View quote
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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. (Alexandre Dumas)
In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents. View quote
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A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky. View quote
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For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God. View quote
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Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another. View quote
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Alexandre Dumas

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Occupation: French Writer
Born: July 24, 1802
Died: December 5, 1870
Quotes count: 117
Wikipedia: Alexandre Dumas

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