All Alexandre Dumas Quotes
- There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt… All
- Upon my word," said Dantes, "you make me shudder. Is the world filled with tigers and crocodiles?" "Yes; and remember that two legged tigers and… Crocodiles
- Be kind, aim for my heart. Aim
- Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears… Been
- Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle. Battle
- We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds… Air
- Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance. All
- Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like… All
- There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who… Bitter
- I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange — Despair
- I hate this life of the fashionable world, always ordered, measured, ruled, like our music-paper. What I have always wished for, desired, and coveted, is… Accountable
- Love is the most selfish of all the passions. All
- We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will… Accompanied
- Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded… Advice
- D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!" -D'Artagnan Art
- To be a woman condemned to a wretched and disgraceful punishment is no impediment to beauty, but it is an insurmountable obstacle to power. Like… Accorded
- Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb… Absorb
- Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That's when you… Bathe
- Why, in truth, sir," was Monte Cristo's reply, "man is but an ugly caterpillar for him who studies him through a solar microscope; but you… Ask
- Kitty: I thought your ladyship was ill. I wanted to help you. Lady deWinter: I ill? Do you take me for a weak woman? When… Avenge
- There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret. Care
- Nothing makes time pass or shortens the way like a thought that absorbs in itself all the faculties of the one who is thinking. External… Absorbs
- The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. All
- I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to… Anybody
- It is only the dead who do not return. Dead