...but my friends call me Edmund Dantes. Alexandre Dumas More Quotes by Alexandre Dumas More Quotes From Alexandre Dumas To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others. Alexandre Dumas monte-cristo philosophy memories So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts. Alexandre Dumas liquor wine heart 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. Alexandre Dumas waiting opportunity men Dantes passed through all the stages of torture natural to prisoners in suspense. He was sustained at first by that pride of conscious innocence which is the sequence to hope; then he began to doubt his own innocence, which justified in some measure the governor's belief in his mental alienation; and then, relaxing his sentiment of pride, he addressed his supplications, not to God, but to man. God is always the last resource. Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance. Alexandre Dumas pride men mean The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted. Alexandre Dumas exhausted miserable firsts If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself. Alexandre Dumas live-life atheist men Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another. Alexandre Dumas lips heart thinking All for one, one for all, that is our device. Alexandre Dumas three-musketeers devices unity Happiness is egotistical. Alexandre Dumas egotistical On what slender threads do life and fortune hang. Alexandre Dumas slender thread fortune No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas hungry bored desire A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face. Alexandre Dumas epic-poems hypocrite men Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, "Vengeance is mine." [...] He believes in you. Alexandre Dumas finals lessons believe Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart. Alexandre Dumas pain heart may Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated. Alexandre Dumas poet age mind So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three. Alexandre Dumas marriage witty funny 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. Alexandre Dumas fortune long believe Porthos: He thinks he can challenge the mighty Porthos with a sword... D'Artagnan: The mighty who? Porthos: Don't tell me you've never heard of me. D'Artagnan: The world's biggest windbag? Porthos: Little pimple... meet me behind the Luxembourg at 1 o'clock and bring a long wooden box. D'Artagnan: Bring your own... Porthos: [laughs] Alexandre Dumas laughing long thinking If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas monte-cristo casts fool Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded twice. "In general, people only ask for advice," he said "that they may not follow it or if they should follow it that they may have somebody to blame for having given it". Alexandre Dumas exercise advice people
