Memory is a paradise out of which fate cannot drive us. Alexandre Dumas-fils More Quotes by Alexandre Dumas-fils More Quotes From Alexandre Dumas-fils Her delight in the smallest things was like that of a child. There were days when she ran in the garden, like a child of ten, after a butterfly or a dragon-fly. This courtesan who had cost more money in bouquets than would have kept a whole family in comfort, would sometimes sit on the grass for an hour, examining the simple flower whose name she bore. Alexandre Dumas-fils butterfly flower children The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them, sometimes three. Alexandre Dumas-fils wedding marriage two The child is small, and he includes the man; the brain is narrow, and it harbours thought; the eye is but a point, and it covers leagues Alexandre Dumas-fils eye men children Love without esteem cannot go far or reach high. It is an angel with only one wing. Alexandre Dumas-fils esteem angel wings No matter how long I live, I shall live longer than you will love me Alexandre Dumas-fils matter long Be good, be young, be true! Evil is nothing but vanity, let us have the pride of good, and above all let us never despair. Alexandre Dumas-fils true-evil vanity pride Everything was believed except the truth. Alexandre Dumas-fils We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down. Alexandre Dumas-fils penalties heart One has always had a childhood, whatever one becomes. Alexandre Dumas-fils childhood We must have done something very wicked before we were born, or else we must be going to be very happy indeed when we are dead, for God to let this life have all the tortures of expiation and all the sorrows of an ordeal. Alexandre Dumas-fils wicked sorrow done Women sometimes allow you to be unfaithful to their love; they never allow you to wound their self-esteem. Alexandre Dumas-fils unfaithful self-esteem sometimes The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the best that turns to the worst. Alexandre Dumas-fils worst reason-why men
