I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
You who weep for pleasures fled, While dragging on a life of care, All your woes will melt in air, If to… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.” — Alexandre Dumas Dragon Copy Share Image
“there are twenty-four hours in a day, sixty minutes in an hour and sixty seconds in a minute. A lot can be… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“It is feared that it may be the smallpox, sir," replied Porthos... "and what is serious is that it will certainly spoil… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Friendship throws out deep roots in honest hearts, D'Artagnan. Believe me, it is only the evil-minded who deny friendship; they cannot understand… — Alexandre Dumas Friend Copy Share Image
“Catherine wished to discover whether her son were really ill or feigning. But he, worthy son of such a mother, played his… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“The distance was short, and at the end of ten minutes his carriage, or rather the count's, stopped before the Hotel de… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
What would you not have accomplished if you had been free?" "Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Dantes remained confused and silent by this explanation of the thoughts which had unconsciously been working in his mind, or rather soul;… — Alexandre Dumas Classic literature Copy Share Image
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He… — Alexandre Dumas Death Copy Share Image
To be a woman condemned to a wretched and disgraceful punishment is no impediment to beauty, but it is an insurmountable obstacle… — Alexandre Dumas Beauty Copy Share Image
It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which… — Alexandre Dumas Admiration Copy Share Image
“There are cancers so insidious in their nature that their very pulsation is invisible. Such cancers leave the ivory whiteness of the… — Alexandre Dumas Blood flow Copy Share Image
“How strange," continued the king, with some asperity; "the police think that they have disposed of the whole matter when they say,… — Alexandre Dumas Crime Copy Share Image
Well, father, in the shipwreck of life, for life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes, I cast into the sea my… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die… — Alexandre Dumas Death Copy Share Image
“« Palermo, 25 giunio 1860. » Si lasci liberalmente passare in Sicilia l’illustro uomo ed intimo amico mio Alessandro Dumas. Anzi saro ben riconoscente… — Alexandre Dumas Amor 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… — Alexandre Dumas Confetti Copy Share Image
The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Capricious and unfaithful, the king wished to be called Louis the Just and Louis the Chaste. Posterity will find a difficulty in… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“What, no wine?" said Dantes, turning pale, and looking alternately at the hollow cheeks of the old man and the empty cupboards.… — Alexandre Dumas Empty cup Copy Share Image
“I do not often laugh, sir,” answered the unknown. “As you may yourself discover by the expression of my continence. But yet… — Alexandre Dumas Comedy 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… — Alexandre Dumas Despair Copy Share Image
“Sleep is a very capricious goddess, and it is precisely when she is invoked that she delays coming. - Page 184” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Già, siete barone per i domestici, signore per i giornalisti, cittadino per i vostri elettori. Sono sfumature che si addicono assai a… — Alexandre Dumas Amor Copy Share Image
“Moral wounds have the peculiarity that they are invisible, but do not close: always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they… — Alexandre Dumas Character Copy Share Image
“When we show a friend a city one has already visited, we feel the same pride as when we point out a… — Alexandre Dumas Friendship Copy Share Image
“God may sometimes appear to forget, when his justice is resting; but the time always comes when he remembers...” — Alexandre Dumas Justice Copy Share Image
D’Artagnan: Why is Athos sitting by himself? Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry, he’ll be his usual charming… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“No. I will remain because I have been accustomed for thirty years to go and take the orderly word of the King,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Why, when a man has friends, they are not only to offer him a glass of wine, but, moreover, to prevent his… — Alexandre Dumas Friendship Copy Share Image
“But the kings of modern times, restrained by the limits of mere probability, have neither courage nor desire. They fear the eat… — Alexandre Dumas Courage Copy Share Image
“God, who might have directed the assassin's dagger so as to end your career in a moment, has given you this quarter… — Alexandre Dumas God Copy Share Image
Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain… — Alexandre Dumas Being blessed 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… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Weakened minds see everything through a black veil; the soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky… — Alexandre Dumas Psychology Copy Share Image
“...I think it's very good music composed by a human composer and sung by two birds with two feet and no feathers!” — Alexandre Dumas Composer Copy Share Image
“God is always the last resource. Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they… — Alexandre Dumas Deliverance Copy Share Image
“All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in… — Alexandre Dumas Falsehood Copy Share Image
