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> [“Can we account for instinct?' said Monte Cristo. 'Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? — why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections — an idea which carries you back to other times,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/can-we-account-for-instinct-said-monte-cristo-are-there-not-some/)

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## More by Alexander Dumas

> [“Can we account for instinct?' said Monte Cristo. 'Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? — why, we cannot tell.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/can-we-account-for-instinct-said-monte-cristo-are-there-not-some/)

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> [“Mankind will not be perfect until it can create and destroy like God. It can already destroy: that's half the battle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/mankind-will-not-be-perfect-until-it-can-create-and-destroy-like-god/)

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> [“The paths of which you were just speaking have been traced by all young men of ardent imaginations. Besides the pleasure there is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/the-paths-of-which-you-were-just-speaking-have-been-traced-by-all/)

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> [“No, certainly not. There I should find people who would try to force me to understand things of which I would prefer to remain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/no-certainly-not-there-i-should-find-people-who-would-try-to-force-me/)

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> [“Never trust the enemy that gives you presents”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/never-trust-the-enemy-that-gives-you-presents/)

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> [“Uncertainty is worse than all”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/uncertainty-is-worse-than-all/)

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> [“Besides, it is no reason because you have not seen an execution at Paris, that you should not see one anywhere else; when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/besides-it-is-no-reason-because-you-have-not-seen-an-execution-at/)

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> [“As for his wife, he bowed to her, as some husbands do to their wives, but in a way that bachelors will never comprehend,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/as-for-his-wife-he-bowed-to-her-as-some-husbands-do-to-their-wives/)

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> [“Every man has a devouring passion in his heart, as every fruit has its worm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/every-man-has-a-devouring-passion-in-his-heart-as-every-fruit-has-its/)

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> [D'Artagnan was amazes to note by what fragile and unknown threads the destinies of nation and the lives of men are suspended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/d-artagnan-was-amazes-to-note-by-what-fragile-and-unknown-threads-the/)

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> [“Count,' said Morrel, 'you are the epitome of all human knowledge, and you seem like a being descended from a wiser and more advanced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/count-said-morrel-you-are-the-epitome-of-all-human-knowledge-and-you/)

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> [With out god everithing is nothing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/with-out-god-everithing-is-nothing/)

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> [“A brave captain of Spahis cannot risk this, even to gratify a pretty woman, which is, in my opinion, one of the most sacred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/a-brave-captain-of-spahis-cannot-risk-this-even-to-gratify-a-pretty/)

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> [“It was a human storm, composed of a thunder of cries, and a hail of sweetmeats, flowers, eggs, oranges, and nosegays.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/it-was-a-human-storm-composed-of-a-thunder-of-cries-and-a-hail-of/)

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> [“Since we are sinking, let us sink. We can die but once.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-dumas/since-we-are-sinking-let-us-sink-we-can-die-but-once/)

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