Alexandre Dumas Quotes

I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.

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• I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.

  

  Alexandre Dumas
  • Dread
  • Pen
  • Pistol