Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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...but my friends call me Edmund Dantes.
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
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To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.
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In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
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Perhaps what I am about to say will appear strange to you gentlemen, socialists, progressives, humanitarians as you are, but I never worry about my neighbor, I never try to protect society which does not protect me -- indeed, I might add, which generally takes no heed of me except to do me harm -- and, since I hold them low in my esteem and remain neutral towards them, I believe that society and my neighbor are in my debt.
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Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.
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It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which is why when this unusual combination of circumstance does occur, history at once records the name of the chosen one and recommends him to the admiration of posterity.
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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
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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.
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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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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You who weep for pleasures fled, While dragging on a life of care, All your woes will melt in air, If to god your tears are shed, You who Weap!
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I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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That Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me.
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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
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I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange...
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Within six months, if I am not dead, I shall have seen you again, madam--even if I have to overturn the world.
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Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.
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What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.