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Alexandre Dumas quotes: We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude. We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Return to the world still more brilliant because of your former sorrows. Return to the world still more brilliant because of your former sorrows.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect. misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Speak on, madame, speak on, Queen," said Buckingham; "the sweetness of your voice covers the harshness of your words. Speak on, madame, speak on, Queen," said Buckingham; "the sweetness of your voice covers the harshness of your words.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Good fortune is the best of all mistresses. Good fortune is the best of all mistresses.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow. Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall. All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Oh, the wickedness of man is very great," said Villefort, "since it surpasses the goodness of God. Oh, the wickedness of man is very great," said Villefort, "since it surpasses the goodness of God.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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 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
Alexandre Dumas quotes: One! said the count mysteriously, his eyes fixed on the corpse, disfigured by so awful a death. One! said the count mysteriously, his eyes fixed on the corpse, disfigured by so awful a death.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Napoleon has still retained a train of parasitical satellites. Napoleon has still retained a train of parasitical satellites.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Go to the devil with your Latin. Let us drink, my dear d'Artagnan, MORBLEU! Let us drink while the wine is fresh! Let Go to the devil with your Latin. Let us drink, my dear d'Artagnan, MORBLEU! Let us drink while the wine is fresh! Let
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Do you think that, if I did, I would lead you to the answer inch by inch, like a dramatist or a novelist? Do you think that, if I did, I would lead you to the answer inch by inch, like a dramatist or a novelist?
Alexandre Dumas quotes: there is no nation but the French that can smile even in the face of grim Death himself. there is no nation but the French that can smile even in the face of grim Death himself.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: He was the friend of the king, who honored highly, as everyone knows, the memory of his father, Henry IV. He was the friend of the king, who honored highly, as everyone knows, the memory of his father, Henry IV.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: God is always the last resource. God is always the last resource.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: The distance was short, and at the end of ten minutes his carriage, or rather the count's, stopped before the Hotel de Londres. The distance was short, and at the end of ten minutes his carriage, or rather the count's, stopped before the Hotel de Londres.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Remember that what has once been done may be done again. Remember that what has once been done may be done again.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising. Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Take care, my worthy host," said Albert, "better is a sure enemy to well. Take care, my worthy host," said Albert, "better is a sure enemy to well.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: I am orderly out of spirit of idleness, to save myself the trouble of looking after things... I am orderly out of spirit of idleness, to save myself the trouble of looking after things...
Alexandre Dumas quotes: We are entitled to violate history, provided that it results in handsome offspring. We are entitled to violate history, provided that it results in handsome offspring.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: I am a Count, Not a Saint. I am a Count, Not a Saint.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast. When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Men who swear undying love sometimes have the worst intentions in the world. Men who swear undying love sometimes have the worst intentions in the world.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Believe me, when a woman loves a man, you do not win her heart by crossing swords with him. Believe me, when a woman loves a man, you do not win her heart by crossing swords with him.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: It was a murder, nothing more. Athos It was a murder, nothing more. Athos
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Women of a certain grade are like prosperous grisettes in one respect, they seldom return home after twelve o'clock. Women of a certain grade are like prosperous grisettes in one respect, they seldom return home after twelve o'clock.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring. True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures. Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death. I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: It seems to me a man doesn't have to be old to do his work well. It seems to me a man doesn't have to be old to do his work well.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Pooh! Women say those things, but never do them. Pooh! Women say those things, but never do them.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Captain or mate, M. Morrel, I shall always have the greatest respect for those who possess the owners' confidence. Captain or mate, M. Morrel, I shall always have the greatest respect for those who possess the owners' confidence.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: lawyers always give you very bad dinners. You would think they felt some remorse; lawyers always give you very bad dinners. You would think they felt some remorse;
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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 ... 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 ...
Alexandre Dumas quotes: What the deuce does the fellow mean by getting trap-doors made without first consulting you? Trap-doors! What the deuce does the fellow mean by getting trap-doors made without first consulting you? Trap-doors!
Alexandre Dumas quotes: There are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other. There are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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 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!
Alexandre Dumas quotes: I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Yes; I am a supercargo; pen, ink, and paper are my tools, and without my tools I am fit for nothing. Yes; I am a supercargo; pen, ink, and paper are my tools, and without my tools I am fit for nothing.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: you assume the vices you have not, and conceal the virtues you possess." "My you assume the vices you have not, and conceal the virtues you possess." "My
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Nothing succeeds like success. Nothing succeeds like success.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: A man is bound to make for himself in this world, that fortune which heaven had refused him at his birth. A man is bound to make for himself in this world, that fortune which heaven had refused him at his birth.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Incertitude is still hope. Incertitude is still hope.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Danglars was one of those calculating men who are born with a pen behind their ear and an inkwell instead of a heart. Danglars was one of those calculating men who are born with a pen behind their ear and an inkwell instead of a heart.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: I have forgiven the world for the love of you; I have forgiven the world for the love of you;
Alexandre Dumas quotes: What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself! What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself!
Alexandre Dumas quotes: the very judicious plan of dividing the two acts of the opera with a ballet, the very judicious plan of dividing the two acts of the opera with a ballet,
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God.Abbe Faria: That doesn't matter, He believes in you ... Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God.
Abbe Faria: That doesn't matter, He believes in you ...
Alexandre Dumas quotes: the southern countries in which d'Artagnan had hitherto the southern countries in which d'Artagnan had hitherto
Alexandre Dumas quotes: The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates. The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Ah," said the jailer, "do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight. Ah," said the jailer, "do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Already lowered, and in it were four oarsmen and a coxswain. The Already lowered, and in it were four oarsmen and a coxswain. The
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: In the shipwreck of life - for life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes In the shipwreck of life - for life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Besides, we feel always a sort of mental superiority over those whose lives we know better than they suppose. Besides, we feel always a sort of mental superiority over those whose lives we know better than they suppose.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: You are young," replied Athos, "and your bitter memories have time to change into sweet ones. You are young," replied Athos, "and your bitter memories have time to change into sweet ones.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: But he laughed as the English do at the end of his teeth. But he laughed as the English do at the end of his teeth.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Paid the last debt of nature Paid the last debt of nature
Alexandre Dumas quotes: It is necessary ... to yield to the storm, purchase a peace, and wait patiently for better times. It is necessary ... to yield to the storm, purchase a peace, and wait patiently for better times.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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 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
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Mazarin, in his character of cardinal and prime minister, was almost an atheist, and quite a materialist. Mazarin, in his character of cardinal and prime minister, was almost an atheist, and quite a materialist.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth. Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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 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
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Women and doors - did I not tell you, friend Porthos, that they are always to be managed by gentleness? - D'Artagnan Women and doors - did I not tell you, friend Porthos, that they are always to be managed by gentleness? - D'Artagnan
Alexandre Dumas quotes: ( ... ) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree. ( ... ) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: All for one and one for all. All for one and one for all.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: God may sometimes appear to forget, when his justice is resting; but the time always comes when he remembers ... God may sometimes appear to forget, when his justice is resting; but the time always comes when he remembers ...
Alexandre Dumas quotes: That man made a deep impression on me; I shall never forget his countenance!" The Englishman smiled imperceptibly. That man made a deep impression on me; I shall never forget his countenance!" The Englishman smiled imperceptibly.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another, Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another,
Alexandre Dumas quotes: There is a sort of consolation at the contemplation of the yawning abyss, at the bottom of which lie darkness and obscurity. Edmond There is a sort of consolation at the contemplation of the yawning abyss, at the bottom of which lie darkness and obscurity. Edmond
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: All for one, one for all, that is our device. All for one, one for all, that is our device.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it. True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Yes; and remember that two-legged crocodiles are more dangerous that the others. Yes; and remember that two-legged crocodiles are more dangerous that the others.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Have no secrets from you. This, then, is what saddens me." "Wait a minute, Porthos; let me first Have no secrets from you. This, then, is what saddens me." "Wait a minute, Porthos; let me first
Alexandre Dumas quotes: There are words which close a conversation as with an iron door. There are words which close a conversation as with an iron door.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: unfavorable feeling, unfavorable feeling,
Alexandre Dumas quotes: God orders a man to do all he can to save his life. God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Great is the truth, fire can not burn, nor water can drown it! Great is the truth, fire can not burn, nor water can drown it!
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Sleep is a very capricious goddess, and it is precisely when she is invoked that she delays coming.- Page 184 Sleep is a very capricious goddess, and it is precisely when she is invoked that she delays coming.
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Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: I will follow him to hell, and that is saying not a little, as I believe him entirely capable of the descent. I will follow him to hell, and that is saying not a little, as I believe him entirely capable of the descent.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Ma foi," said Danglars, "it would not be a bad speculation, Ma foi," said Danglars, "it would not be a bad speculation,
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Happiness or unhappiness is the secret known but to one's self and the walls - walls have ears but no tongue; Happiness or unhappiness is the secret known but to one's self and the walls - walls have ears but no tongue;
Alexandre Dumas quotes: They would have too easy a conquest over four separate men; whilst four men united make a troop. They would have too easy a conquest over four separate men; whilst four men united make a troop.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Mankind will not be perfect until it can create and destroy like God. It can already destroy: that's half the battle. Mankind will not be perfect until it can create and destroy like God. It can already destroy: that's half the battle.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: 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. 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.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because sometimes they take a rest. Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because sometimes they take a rest.
Alexandre Dumas quotes: It is our mission to forestall our duties It is our mission to forestall our duties

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