"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness."
"We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune."
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Source: Alexandre Dumas (1997). “The Count of Monte Cristo”, p.21, Wordsworth Editions
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