Quotes from Alexandre Dumas

Avoir commis, pour te posséder, rapt, violence et adultère, et, pour te conserver, hésiter devant un nouveau crime ?... perdre mon âme pour si peu ? Satan en rirait ; tu es folle ... Non ... non, tu es à moi comme l'homme est au malheur ....

I processi politici sono sempre vane formalità, perché le passioni che fanno accusare fanno anche condannare. Tale è la tremenda logica delle rivoluzioni.

Bu kutsal bir sözdür, iyi bilirim: polis hata yapt???nda iz üzerinde olduÄŸunu söyler, hükümet de, polisin süklüm püklüm gelip izin yok olduÄŸunu söyleyeceÄŸi güne kadar sakin sakin bekler.

remember that it is the dead alone with whom we are not likely to meet again on this earth.

you assume the vices you have not, and conceal the virtues you possess." "My

But why be discouraged? It would be asking too much of Providence if you were to expect to succeed at the first attempt.

Good fortune is like the palaces of the enchanted isles, the gates of which were guarded by dragons.

Over a species of altar, and beneath a canopy of blue velvet, surmounted by white and red plumes, was a full-length portrait of Anne of Austria, so perfect in its resemblance that d'Artagnan uttered a cry of surprise on beholding it.

The king! I thought he was philosopher enough to allow that there was no murder in politics. 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.

the tree forsakes not the flower—the flower falls from the tree." "My

Good fortune is like the palaces of the enchanted isles, the gates of which were guarded by dragons. Happiness could only be obtained by overcoming these dragons

all human wisdom is summed up in two words? — `Wait and hope.

Oh, believe me, that when three great passions, such as sorrow, love, and gratitude fill the heart, ennui can find no place." "You

I should be much displeased at this, not because of any loss that it might occasion, but because I should no longer have the assurance that, whenever I wish, I can separate myself from the rest of the world.

The same day the young man set forward on his journey, furnished with the three paternal gifts, which consisted, as we have said, of fifteen crowns, the horse, and the letter for M. de Treville—the counsels being thrown into the bargain.

do you really believe I can acquire all these things in so short a time? Not their application, certainly, but their principles you may; to learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other. But cannot one learn philosophy? Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth; it is like the golden cloud in which the Messiah went up into heaven.

I found that with one hundred and fifty well- chosen books, a man possesses a complete summary of all human knowledge, or at least all that a man need really know.

We must confess these three strange names struck us; and it immediately occurred to us that they were but pseudonyms, under which d'Artagnan had disguised names perhaps illustrious, or else that the bearers of these borrowed names had themselves chosen them on the day in which, from caprice, discontent, or want of fortune, they had donned the simple Musketeer's uniform.

Time follows its course carrying events with it; what is obscure one evening, is often revealed the next.

It is feared that it may be the smallpox, sir, replied Porthos... and what is serious is that it will certainly spoil his face.

Il faut le malheur pour creuser certaines mines mystérieuses cachées dans l'intelligence humaine. (p. 174)

Happiness is like one of those palaces on an enchanted island, its gates guarded by dragons. One must fight to gain in -Edmond Dantes, Chapter 5

What commands the Count of Monte Cristo,' the strange man interrupted, 'is the Count of Monte Cristo. So, not a word of all this, I beg you. I do what I wish, Monsieur Beauchamp, and believe me, it is always very well done.

But if you have never loved, what right have you to boast that you've suffered?