Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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His fair landlady was in despair. She would most willingly have made M. d'Artagnan her husband--such a handsome man, and such a fierce mustache!
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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
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There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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Happiness is egotistical.
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Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That's when you shout, "Do your worst, for I will do mine!" and you will be remembered forever.
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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Life is very tenacious in these lawyers.
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It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising.
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D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!
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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.
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To be a woman condemned to a wretched and disgraceful punishment is no impediment to beauty, but it is an insurmountable obstacle to power. Like all persons of real genius, her ladyship well knew what accorded with her nature and her means. Poverty disgusted her -subjection deprived her of two-thirds of her greatness. Her ladyship was only a queen amongst queens: the enjoyment of satisfied pride was essential to her sway. To command beings of an inferior nature, was, to her, rather a humiliation than a pleasure.
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Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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My son, be worthy of your noble name, worthily borne by your ancestors for over five hundred years. Remember it’s by courage, and courage alone, that a nobleman makes his way nowadays. Don’t be afraid of opportunities, and seek out adventures. My son, all I have to give you is fifteen ecus, my horse, and the advice you’ve just heard. Make the most of these gifts, and have a long, happy life.
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We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
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Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.
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I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
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Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising.
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Wait and hope!
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Sometimes one has suffered enough to have the right to never say: I am too happy.
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He's right: They have to put madmen with madmen.
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In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
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The tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.