“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 Regret Copy Share Image
“My son, philosophy as I understand it, is reducible to no rules by which it can be learned; it is the amalgamation… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“A man is held to be criminal,sometimes, by the great ones of the earth,not because he has committed a crime himself but… — Alexandre Dumas Crime 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
“Political judgments are generally vain formalities, for the same passions which give rise to the accusation ordain the condemnation. Such is the… — Alexandre Dumas Judgments Copy Share Image
We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe… — Alexandre Dumas Gratitude Copy Share Image
“Not their application, certainly, but their principles you may; to learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned.… — Alexandre Dumas Education Copy Share Image
“I never play, because I am not rich enough to afford to lose or poor enough to want to win. Maximilien Morrel,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of… — Alexandre Dumas Attention Copy Share Image
Perhaps what I am about to say will appear strange to you gentlemen, socialists, progressives, humanitarians as you are, but I never… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“No, Maximilien, I am not offended," answered she, "but do you not see what a poor, helpless being I am, almost a… — Alexandre Dumas Day by day Copy Share Image
“And now,' said the unknown, 'farewell kindness, humanity, and gratitude! Farewell to all the feelings that expand the heart! I have been… — Alexandre Dumas Farewell Copy Share Image
“You're not worried about anything, are you?" said Danglers. "It seems to me everything's going perfectly for you." "That's exactly what worries… — Alexandre Dumas Fairy tale Copy Share Image
“Dantes examined the various articles shown to him with the same attention that he had bestowed on the curiosities and strange tools… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Piazza del Popolo presented a spectacle of gay and noisy mirth and revelry. A crowd of masks flowed in from all sides,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to… — Alexandre Dumas Death Copy Share Image
Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is… — Alexandre Dumas Battle Copy Share Image
I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Speak on, madame, speak on, Queen," said Buckingham; "the sweetness of your voice covers the harshness of your words.” — Alexandre Dumas Language Copy Share Image
“I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“People in general," he said, "only ask advice not to follow it; or if they do follow it, it is for the… — Alexandre Dumas Advice Copy Share Image
One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it. — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Hard decisions, sacrifices doesn’t keep you warm at night, life’s too damn short, too damn long to continue without someone at your… — Alexandre Dumas Hard decisions Copy Share Image
“God may sometimes appear to forget, when his justice is resting; but the time always comes when he remembers...” — Alexandre Dumas Justice Copy Share Image
D’Artagnan: Why is Athos sitting by himself? Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry, he’ll be his usual charming… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“No. I will remain because I have been accustomed for thirty years to go and take the orderly word of the King,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Why, when a man has friends, they are not only to offer him a glass of wine, but, moreover, to prevent his… — Alexandre Dumas Friendship Copy Share Image
“When we show a friend a city one has already visited, we feel the same pride as when we point out a… — Alexandre Dumas Friendship Copy Share Image
Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain… — Alexandre Dumas Being blessed 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 God 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 Courage Copy Share Image
“God is always the last resource. Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they… — Alexandre Dumas Deliverance Copy Share Image
“All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in… — Alexandre Dumas Falsehood Copy Share Image
...for, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman's nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the maternal… — Alexandre Dumas Beloved Copy Share Image
Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- "Wait and… — 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 Psychology Copy Share Image
“...I think it's very good music composed by a human composer and sung by two birds with two feet and no feathers!” — Alexandre Dumas Composer Copy Share Image
“Women of a certain grade are like prosperous grisettes in one respect, they seldom return home after twelve o'clock.” — Alexandre Dumas Feminism Copy Share Image
Upon my word," said Dantes, "you make me shudder. Is the world filled with tigers and crocodiles?" "Yes; and remember that two… — Alexandre Dumas Crocodiles Copy Share Image
We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
