All Alexandre Dumas Quotes
- Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know… Brings
- On what slender threads do life and fortune hang. Fortune
- I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when… Air
- Tell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself for an instant… All
- But that's not the name of a man, it's the name of a mountain! (...) "It is my name," Athos said calmly. "But you said… Athos
- To save a man and thereby to spare a father's agony and a mother's feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but… Act
- Your life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come… Covers
- Starvation!" exclaimed the abbe, springing from his seat. "Why, the vilest animals are not suffered to die by such a death as that. The very… Abbe
- That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate? Asleep
- Edmond Dantes: I don’t believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn’t matter, He believes in you… Abbe
- Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones. Bitter
- It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree. Flower
- He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. Able
- When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast. All
- Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? — why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections — an idea… Breathe
- What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself! Avenge
- ...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow. Effect
- I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away. Even Nicer
- If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful. Crime
- God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge. All
- I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest. Imbeciles
- All generalizations are dangerous, even this one. All
- He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not… Alone
- Nothing succeeds like success. Like Success
- Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works. Achieve