Quote by Alexandre Dumas Download Open image ““Punctuality is the politness of kings" p.154”” — Alexandre Dumas ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Punctuality," said Monte Cristo, "is the politeness of kings, according to one of your sovereigns, I think; but it is not the same with… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
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“But the kings of modern times, restrained by the limits of mere probability, have neither courage nor desire. They fear the eat that hears… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
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“The everyday was king. And the courtiers were popularization, superficiality, doubt, cynicism. The century was exhausted.” — Chaim Potok 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
