...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow. — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“You are young," replied Athos, "and your bitter memories have time to change into sweet ones.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“What is the sense in recriminations about things over which the will of God itself is powerless? God can change the future,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Forward! Still forward!" said he. "When it shall be time, God will tell me, as he has told the others.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“God may seem sometimes to forget for a while, whilst his justice reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues?" Maximilien asked. "Because, my friend, I judge it by… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“the greater number of a man's errors come before him disguised under the specious form of necessity; then, after error has been… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“The fowl must have been sought for a long time on the perch, to which it had retired to die of old… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“when you have the honour to find yourself in the company of ordinary men and the good fortune to be out of… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“After which, satisfied with the way he had conducted himself at Meung, free of remorse for the past, confident in the present,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Drunk, if you like; so much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have bad thoughts which… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness… Live, then and be happy beloved children of… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Listen,' said Morrel; 'it is not the first time you have contemplated our present position, which is a serious and urgent one;… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Dantes had entered the Chateau d’If with the round, open, smiling face of a young and happy man, with whom the early… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“As it was a time of war between the Catholics and the Huguenots, and as he saw the Catholics exterminate the Huguenots… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“In those times panics were common, and few days passed without some city or other registering in its archives an event of… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“I regret having helped you clarify your past and having told you what I did.' 'Why?' 'Because I've instilled in your heart… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“God may sometimes appear to forget, when his justice is resting; but the time always comes when he remembers...” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“I was delighted to see you again, and forgot for the moment that all happiness is fleeting.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next.… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“God, who might have directed the assassin's dagger so as to end your career in a moment, has given you this quarter… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“But the kings of modern times, restrained by the limits of mere probability, have neither courage nor desire. They fear the eat… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Weakened minds see everything through a black veil; the soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Nothing makes time pass or shortens the way like a thought that absorbs in itself all the faculties of the one who… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“What is the sense in recriminations about things over which the will of God itself is powerless? God can change the future, He cannot… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- "Wait and hope"? — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
“when you have the honour to find yourself in the company of ordinary men and the good fortune to be out of politics for… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
“He rose in his turn, and seizing handfuls of confetti and sweetmeats, with which the carriage was filled, cast them with all the force… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
“Speak on, madame, speak on, Queen," said Buckingham; "the sweetness of your voice covers the harshness of your words.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
“On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
“what despair to see a woman one loves longing for those thousand nothings from which women compose their happiness, and to be unable to… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
“Here is a man who was resigned to his fate, who was walking to the scaffold and about to die like a coward, that's… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart. — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
“Besides, what is required of a young man in Paris? To speak its language tolerably, to make a good appearance, to be a good… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
“Carry your sorrow inside you as the cloud conceals ruin and death like a deadly secret that is understood only when the storm breaks.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
“What fragile and unknown threads the destinies of nations and the lives of men are suspended.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share
