Alexandre Dumas-fils

“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

Her delight in the smallest things was like that of a child. There were days when she ran in the garden, like…

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

Be good, be young, be true! Evil is nothing but vanity, let us have the pride of good, and above all let…

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them, sometimes three.

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

Love without esteem cannot go far or reach high. It is an angel with only one wing.

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

“I gave myself to you sooner than I ever did to any man, I swear to you; and do you know why?…

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

The child is small, and he includes the man; the brain is narrow, and it harbours thought; the eye is but a…

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

“God almost always opens two ways which lead thither, the ways of sorrow and of love.”

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down.

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

“Here is Christianity with its marvellous parable of the Prodigal Son to teach us indulgence and pardon. Jesus was full of love…

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

“Well, sir, embrace me once, as you would embrace your daughter, and I swear to you that that kiss, the only chaste…

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

We must have done something very wicked before we were born, or else we must be going to be very happy indeed…

— Alexandre Dumas-fils

One has always had a childhood, whatever one becomes.

— Alexandre Dumas-fils