...for, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman's nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the maternal… — Alexandre Dumas Beloved Copy Share Image
“I have my pride for men--serpents always ready to threaten every one who would pass without crushing them under foot. But I… — Alexandre Dumas God Copy Share Image
“Women of a certain grade are like prosperous grisettes in one respect, they seldom return home after twelve o'clock.” — Alexandre Dumas Feminism Copy Share Image
We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Upon my word," said Dantes, "you make me shudder. Is the world filled with tigers and crocodiles?" "Yes; and remember that two… — Alexandre Dumas Crocodiles Copy Share Image
I love the life you've always made so sweet for me and I'd regret it if I had to die.' 'Do you… — Alexandre Dumas Life Copy Share Image
Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred. — Alexandre Dumas Enemy Copy Share Image
“I maintain my pride in the face of men, but I abandon it before God, who drew me out of nothingness to… — Alexandre Dumas Pride Copy Share Image
“Those who are born in a gilt cradle and have never wanted for anything, do not know what happiness life contains, just… — Alexandre Dumas Compassion Copy Share Image
“My opinion is, that all these old podestas, these ancient condottieri, — for the Cavalcanti have commanded armies and governed provinces, —… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Well, so much the better for him,’ said the inspector. ‘When he is altogether mad, he will suffer less.’ As you can… — Alexandre Dumas Inspector Copy Share Image
Nothing makes time pass or shortens the way like a thought that absorbs in itself all the faculties of the one who… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Indeed, four men like them, four men devoted to each other from their money to their lives, four men always supporting each… — Alexandre Dumas Friendship Copy Share Image
Tell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself… — Alexandre Dumas Angel 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 Independent thinking Copy Share Image
“If I succeed in mentally constructing a fortress from which it is impossible to escape, this conceived fortress either will be the… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“I wish to be Providence myself, for I feel that the most beautiful, noblest, most sublime thing in the world, is to… — Alexandre Dumas Providence Copy Share Image
For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“God may seem sometimes to forget for a while, whilst his justice reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers.” — Alexandre Dumas God 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 Bored Copy Share Image
“Carry your sorrow inside you as the cloud conceals ruin and death like a deadly secret that is understood only when the… — Alexandre Dumas Death Copy Share Image
There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul… — Alexandre Dumas Body Copy Share Image
But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues?" Maximilien asked. "Because, my friend, I judge it by… — Alexandre Dumas Despair Copy Share Image
“My son, philosophy as I understand it, is reducible to no rules by which it can be learned; it is the amalgamation… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“A man is held to be criminal,sometimes, by the great ones of the earth,not because he has committed a crime himself but… — Alexandre Dumas Crime Copy Share Image
We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it,… — Alexandre Dumas Happiness Copy Share Image
“I regret having helped you clarify your past and having told you what I did.' 'Why?' 'Because I've instilled in your heart… — Alexandre Dumas Regret Copy Share Image
“Not their application, certainly, but their principles you may; to learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned.… — Alexandre Dumas Education 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
Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is… — Alexandre Dumas Battle Copy Share Image
“I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in… — 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 Language Copy Share Image
“Political judgments are generally vain formalities, for the same passions which give rise to the accusation ordain the condemnation. Such is the… — Alexandre Dumas Judgments Copy Share Image
We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe… — Alexandre Dumas Gratitude Copy Share Image
One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it. — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“People in general," he said, "only ask advice not to follow it; or if they do follow it, it is for the… — Alexandre Dumas Advice Copy Share Image
“Hard decisions, sacrifices doesn’t keep you warm at night, life’s too damn short, too damn long to continue without someone at your… — Alexandre Dumas Hard decisions Copy Share Image
“You are right; you know men better than I do, and what you say may possibly be the case, I confess; but… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
