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We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.

Return to the world still more brilliant because of your former sorrows.

misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect.

Speak on, madame, speak on, Queen," said Buckingham; "the sweetness of your voice covers the harshness of your words.

Good fortune is the best of all mistresses.

Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.

All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.

Oh, the wickedness of man is very great," said Villefort, "since it surpasses the goodness of God.

I never play, because I am not rich enough to afford to lose or poor enough to want to win.
Maximilien Morrel, The Count of Monte Cristo

One! said the count mysteriously, his eyes fixed on the corpse, disfigured by so awful a death.

Napoleon has still retained a train of parasitical satellites.

Go to the devil with your Latin. Let us drink, my dear d'Artagnan, MORBLEU! Let us drink while the wine is fresh! Let

Do you think that, if I did, I would lead you to the answer inch by inch, like a dramatist or a novelist?

there is no nation but the French that can smile even in the face of grim Death himself.

He was the friend of the king, who honored highly, as everyone knows, the memory of his father, Henry IV.

God is always the last resource.

The distance was short, and at the end of ten minutes his carriage, or rather the count's, stopped before the Hotel de Londres.

Remember that what has once been done may be done again.

Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising.

Take care, my worthy host," said Albert, "better is a sure enemy to well.

I am orderly out of spirit of idleness, to save myself the trouble of looking after things...

We are entitled to violate history, provided that it results in handsome offspring.

I am a Count, Not a Saint.

You are perfectly right in objecting to them [modern art], for this one great fault - that they have not yet had time to become old.

When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.

Men who swear undying love sometimes have the worst intentions in the world.

Believe me, when a woman loves a man, you do not win her heart by crossing swords with him.

The truth is that you are afraid.'
'Afraid? I do not know all the words in the Parisian jargon, and I know not what you mean.

It was a murder, nothing more. Athos

Women of a certain grade are like prosperous grisettes in one respect, they seldom return home after twelve o'clock.

True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.

Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.

I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.

It seems to me a man doesn't have to be old to do his work well.

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.

Pooh! Women say those things, but never do them.

Captain or mate, M. Morrel, I shall always have the greatest respect for those who possess the owners' confidence.

lawyers always give you very bad dinners. You would think they felt some remorse;

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.

I think they are rising faster than they have any business, and that they would not be so black if they did not mean mischief.

Unfortunately in this world of ours, each person views things through a certain medium, which prevents his seeing them in the same light as others ...

What the deuce does the fellow mean by getting trap-doors made without first consulting you? Trap-doors!

There are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other.

I say, sir, you sir, who are hiding yourself behind that shutter - yes, you, sir, tell me what you are laughing at, and we will laugh together!

I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.

Yes; I am a supercargo; pen, ink, and paper are my tools, and without my tools I am fit for nothing.

you assume the vices you have not, and conceal the virtues you possess." "My

Nothing succeeds like success.

A man is bound to make for himself in this world, that fortune which heaven had refused him at his birth.

Incertitude is still hope.

Danglars was one of those calculating men who are born with a pen behind their ear and an inkwell instead of a heart.

I have forgiven the world for the love of you;

What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself!

the very judicious plan of dividing the two acts of the opera with a ballet,

Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God.
Abbe Faria: That doesn't matter, He believes in you ...

the southern countries in which d'Artagnan had hitherto

The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.

Ah," said the jailer, "do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight.

Already lowered, and in it were four oarsmen and a coxswain. The

To save a man and thereby to spare a father's agony and a mother's feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.

In the shipwreck of life - for life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes

Besides, we feel always a sort of mental superiority over those whose lives we know better than they suppose.

I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our debts of honor paid.

As I look at it, a millionth part of a railway is worth fully as much as an acre of waste land on the banks of the Ohio.

You are young," replied Athos, "and your bitter memories have time to change into sweet ones.

But he laughed as the English do at the end of his teeth.

Paid the last debt of nature

It is necessary ... to yield to the storm, purchase a peace, and wait patiently for better times.

When you wish to obtain some concession from a man's self-love, you must avoid even the appearance of wishing to wound it." "I

Mazarin, in his character of cardinal and prime minister, was almost an atheist, and quite a materialist.

Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.

We are always in a hurry to be happy, M. Danglars; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune. But

Women and doors - did I not tell you, friend Porthos, that they are always to be managed by gentleness? - D'Artagnan

( ... ) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.

All for one and one for all.

God may sometimes appear to forget, when his justice is resting; but the time always comes when he remembers ...

That man made a deep impression on me; I shall never forget his countenance!" The Englishman smiled imperceptibly.

Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another,

There is a sort of consolation at the contemplation of the yawning abyss, at the bottom of which lie darkness and obscurity. Edmond

Friendship throws out deep roots in honest hearts, D'Artagnan. Believe me, it is only the evil-minded who deny friendship; they cannot understand it.

All for one, one for all, that is our device.

True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.

Really, monsieur, I should regard you as a coward, and a traitor too, if I did not, with greater justice, regard you as a madman.

Yes; and remember that two-legged crocodiles are more dangerous that the others.

Have no secrets from you. This, then, is what saddens me." "Wait a minute, Porthos; let me first

There are words which close a conversation as with an iron door.

unfavorable feeling,

God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.

Great is the truth, fire can not burn, nor water can drown it!

Sleep is a very capricious goddess, and it is precisely when she is invoked that she delays coming.
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I have heard it said that the dead have never done, in six thousand years, as much evil as the living do in a single day.

I will follow him to hell, and that is saying not a little, as I believe him entirely capable of the descent.

Ma foi," said Danglars, "it would not be a bad speculation,

Happiness or unhappiness is the secret known but to one's self and the walls - walls have ears but no tongue;

They would have too easy a conquest over four separate men; whilst four men united make a troop.

Mankind will not be perfect until it can create and destroy like God. It can already destroy: that's half the battle.

Here's a man ready to chop another man's self-esteem to pieces with an axe, yet he cries out in pain when his own is pricked with a needle.

It is with valets as with wives, they must be placed at once upon the footing in which you wish them to remain. Reflect upon it.

Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because sometimes they take a rest.

It is our mission to forestall our duties