The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. Alexandre Dumas More Quotes by Alexandre Dumas More Quotes From Alexandre Dumas True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it. Alexandre Dumas positive love men Order is the key to all problems. Alexandre Dumas keys problem order In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents. Alexandre Dumas no-friends business Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it. Alexandre Dumas recognizing seeing ifs We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time Alexandre Dumas humble air sea As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it. Alexandre Dumas giving order people Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it. Alexandre Dumas truth fire water Women are never so strong as after their defeat. Alexandre Dumas strong-women being-strong strength Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money. Alexandre Dumas business simple people If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful. Alexandre Dumas guilty-person wish might 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. Alexandre Dumas storm rocks forever Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds. Alexandre Dumas gratitude grateful blessed I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away. Alexandre Dumas very-nice nice ifs Starvation!" exclaimed the abbe, springing from his seat. "Why, the vilest animals are not suffered to die by such a death as that. The very dogs that wander houseless and homeless in the streets find some pitying hand to cast them a mouthful of bread; and that a man, a Christian, should be allowed to perish of hunger in the midst of other men who call themselves Christians, is too horrible for belief. Oh, it is impossible - utterly impossible! Alexandre Dumas christian dog animal I hate this life of the fashionable world, always ordered, measured, ruled, like our music-paper. What I have always wished for, desired, and coveted, is the life of an artist, free and independent, relying only on my own resources, and accountable only to myself. Alexandre Dumas independent hate artist God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge. Alexandre Dumas mercy judging father Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred. Alexandre Dumas generous-man hatred men Be kind. Aim for my heart. Alexandre Dumas aim be-kind heart A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky. Alexandre Dumas soul dark sky 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
