Independent Quotes by Alexandre Dumas

“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

There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.

— Alexandre Dumas

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

“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

“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

“A man is always in a hurry to be happy.”

— Alexandre Dumas

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

— Alexandre Dumas

“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

“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

“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

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

— Alexandre Dumas

For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.

— Alexandre Dumas