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"42 Alexandre Dumas Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 24 July 1802. Died: 5 December 1870 | Writer |

I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.

Not proud Happy Happiness blinds Pride
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All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope

Human wisdom Wait Hope
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.

Never fear Quarrels Seek hazardous Adventures
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It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.

It's necessary Have wished Death How good
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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.

General rule People ask Advice Follow it
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For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.

All evils Two remedies Time Silence
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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.
You compare The sorrow Real life Pleasure
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Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

Learning Have knowledge Have understanding Requires memory
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There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.

Two ways The body Soul Sometimes forgets
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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.

Hurry Be happy Have suffered Long time
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.

Women Never So strong Their defeat
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Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope.

God Shall begins The future A man
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True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.

True love Man better No matter Woman inspire
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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.

Happy man Prayer Sorrows comes Sublime language
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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.

We pass Happiness Seeing it Recognizing
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Sometimes one has suffered enough to have the right to never say: I am too happy.

Sometimes Suffered enough The right Never say
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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

Love Most selfish All passions
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Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Happiness Those palace Fairy tales Whose gates
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Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.

Hatred Blind Rage Carries you
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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.

The worse Fear wine Bad thoughts Their hearts
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remember that what has once been done may be done again.

Remember What Has once Been done
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Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!

Like someone Tell me No drama Real life
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
The merit All things Their difficulty
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Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.

Philosophy Be taught Application Science
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If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.

God Suddenly condemned To live The life
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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it

Little children So intelligent Men So stupid
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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.

Cling Life Sufficiently Fear death
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True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.

Raped history Produced Beautiful offspring
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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.

Be happy Noble heart Be blessed My gratitude
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So rapid is the flight of dreams upon the wings of imagination.
Fight Dreams Wings Imagination
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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. He makes his failures certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

A person Who doubts himself A man His enemies
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In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.

In business No friends Only correspondents
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Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting deity.

Everyone knows Drunkards Lovers Protecting deity
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

I prefer The wicked The foolish Sometimes rest
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On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.

Slender threads Life Fortune hang
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Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.

Mastery Languages Affords one Remarkable opportunities
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Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.

Everyone knows God protects Drunkards Lovers
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It is only the dead who do not return.

The dead Do not Return
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
Has felt Deepest grief Best able Supreme happiness
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If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.

You wish Discover The guilty Crime
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If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.

Be cast Among fools Must learn foolishness
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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.

God Mercy Towards you Father
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Alexandre Dumas Quotes & Sayings