Why, in truth, sir," was Monte Cristo's reply, "man is but an ugly caterpillar for him who studies him through a solar… — Alexandre Dumas 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 Copy Share Image
“Come, then, thou regenerate man, thou extravagant prodigal, thou awakened sleeper, thou all-powerful visionary, thou invincible millionaire,--once again review thy past life… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“let us call on M. de Monte Cristo; he is admirably adapted to revive one's spirits, because he never interrogates, and in… — Alexandre Dumas 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
“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“But my real treasure is not that, my dear friend, which awaits me beneath the sombre rocks of Monte Cristo, it is… — Alexandre Dumas 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 Copy Share Image
No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“I am selfish — you have already said so— and as a selfish man I think not of what others would do… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Punctuality," said Monte Cristo, "is the politeness of kings, according to one of your sovereigns, I think; but it is not the… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“To wait at Monte Cristo for the purpose of watching like a dragon over the almost incalculable richs that had thus fallen… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, "Vengeance is… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Speak on, madame, speak on, Queen," said Buckingham; "the sweetness of your voice covers the harshness of your words.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
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 Image
