Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit. Alexandre Dumas More Quotes by Alexandre Dumas More Quotes From Alexandre Dumas So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination. Alexandre Dumas imagination dream wings 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. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope. Alexandre Dumas grief hope children I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses. Alexandre Dumas dies gains strong It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job. Alexandre Dumas class motivational jobs He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. Alexandre Dumas sadness grief happiness Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities. Alexandre Dumas mastery language opportunity Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures. Alexandre Dumas musketeers quarrels adventure There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible. Alexandre Dumas impossible believe people I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. Alexandre Dumas pride happiness thinking Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught. Alexandre Dumas risk hatred running When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever. Alexandre Dumas real dream forever How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure! Alexandre Dumas difficulty pleasure moments For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God. Alexandre Dumas prayer men mean It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman. Alexandre Dumas girl men boys I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. Alexandre Dumas wicked intelligence intellectual 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. Alexandre Dumas horse adventure son But that's not the name of a man, it's the name of a mountain! (...) "It is my name," Athos said calmly. "But you said your name was d'Artagnan." "I?" "Yes, you." "That is to say, someone said to me: 'You are M. d'Artagnan?' I replied: 'You think so?' My guards shouted that they were sure of it. I did not want to vex them. Besides, I might have been mistaken. Alexandre Dumas names men thinking Does the open wound in another's breast soften the pain of the gaping wound in our own? Or does the blood which is welling from another man's side staunch that which is pouring from our own? Does the general anguish of our fellow creatures lessen our own private and particular anguish? No, no, each suffers on his own account, each struggles with his own grief, each sheds his own tears. Alexandre Dumas pain grief struggle Why do you mention my father?' screamed he; 'Why do you mingle a recollection of him with the affairs of today?' Because I am he who saved your father's life when he wished to destroy himself, as you do today-because I am the man who sent the purse to your young sister, and the Paraon to Old Morrel-because I am the Edmond Dantes who nursed you, a child, on my knees. Alexandre Dumas men father children Well, father, in the shipwreck of life, for life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes, I cast into the sea my useless encumbrance, that is all, and I remain with my own will, disposed to live perfectly alone, and, consequently, perfectly free. (Eugenie to her father) Alexandre Dumas useless sea father
