Quotes from Alexandre Dumas

In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas — no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.

God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.

In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

What I've loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You've broken it with a word, so I must die.

His fair landlady was in despair. She would most willingly have made M. d'Artagnan her husband--such a handsome man, and such a fierce mustache!

We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.

Business? It's quite simple it's other people's money.

D'Artagnan: Why is Athos sitting by himself? Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry, he'll be his usual charming self by morning.

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.

The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.

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

Man does not steal, he conquers

True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.

God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.

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.

God is always the last resource.

God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.

Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn't matter, He believes in you.

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.

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

Happiness is egotistical.

One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.

True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.