Alexandre Dumas

Novelist, Playwright

Alexandre Dumas was a French writer known for his historical novels, including 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'The Three Musketeers', which explore themes of love, adventure, and betrayal.

Born
July 24, 1802
Died
December 5, 1870
Quotes
175
Rank
#151

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"So, preferring death to capture, I accomplished the most astonishing deeds, and which, more then once, showed me that the too great care we take of our bodies is the only obstacle to the sucess of those projects which require rapid decision, and vigorous and determined execution. In reality, when you have once devoted your life to your enterprises, you are no longer the equal of other men, or, rather, other men are no longer your equals, and whosoever has taken this resolution, feels his strength and resources doubled."

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"...remember that what has once been done may be done again."

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"What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die."

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"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 I am insulted I do not feel ill - I avenge myself. Do you hear?"

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"D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!" -D'Artagnan"

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"But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues?" Maximilien asked. "Because, my friend, I judge it by the past."

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"God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge."

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"in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language in which he invokes the pity of heaven!"

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"For in those tacit understandings which maintain the bond of family union, the mother is really the mistress of her daughter only upon the condition of continually presenting herself to her as a model of wisdom and type of perfection."

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"(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree."

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"In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God"

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"Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!"

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"So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps!"

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"God orders a man to do all he can to save his life."

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"He's right: They have to put madmen with madmen."

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"...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow."

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"That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?"

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"You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts."

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