Quotes from Alexandre Dumas

There fermented in that sublimated brain plans so vast, projects so tumultuous, that there remained no room for any capricious or material love—that sentiment which is fed by leisure and grows with corruption.

Sólo hace dos meses que la conozco ––replicó el conde. ––Y el señor sólo hace cinco minutos que me conoce. No dic e usted más que tonterías. Las mujeres son despiadadas con las personas que no son de su agrado.

Mais vous ne m'avez jamais dit non plus que vous ne m'aimez point; et vraiment, me dire de semblables paroles, ce serait de la part de Votre Majesté une trop grande ingratitude. Car, dites-moi, où trouverez-vous un amour pareil au mien, um amour que ni le temps, ni l'absence, ni le désepoir ne peuvent enteindre; un amour que se contente d'un ruban égaré, d'un regard perdu, d'une parole échappée?

Pentru Dumnezeu, doamn?! r?spunse procurorul regal cu o t?rie care nu era lipsit? de usc?ciune; pentru Dumnezeu, nu-mi cereÈ›i graÈ›ie pentru vinovat. Ce sunt eu? Legea. Are ochi legea s? vad? tristeÈ›ea dumneavoastr?? Are urechi legea s? aud? glasul dumneavoastr? blând? Nu, doamn?, legea porunceÈ™te, iar când legea a poruncit, loveÈ™te.

Mi se p?rea c? m? strânge de mân? È™i c? inima este gata s? sar? din piept, "Da, tu eÈ™ti f?cut? pentru mine, n?scut? pentru mine!..." ?i eu nu È™tiam cum s? în?buÈ™ aceste cuvinte care erau gata s?-mi zboare de pe buze!

Comte de la Fere, Touching Some Events Which Passed in France Toward the End of the Reign of King Louis XIII and the Commencement of the Reign

fortuna, señor conde?

There are other things to fear, Monsieur,' Villefort said, 'apart from death, old age and madness. For example, apoplexy, that lightning bolt which strikes you down without destroying you, yet after which all is finished. You are still yourself, but you are no longer yourself: from a near-angel like Ariel you have become a dull mass which, like Caliban, is close to the beasts. As I said, in human language, this is quite simply called an apoplexy or stroke.

To a just Providence was necessary an instrument, at once penetrating, persevering, and convincing, to accomplish a great work.

La célébrité de l'île ne datait pas d'hier: son nom, ou plutôt sa qualification, remontait à la plus haute Antiquité; les anciens l'appelaient Kalonèse, de deux mots grecs qui signifient belle île.

Comment se trouve M. Bernajoux, le parent de votre écuyer?

Bonaparte chantait presque aussi faux que Louis XV

In the Rue de Seine he encountered Planchet, standing outside a bakery ecstatically worshipping a supremely appetizing brioche.

Mijn jongen, je weet net zo goed als ik dat er in de politiek geen mensen bestaan, maar principes. Geen gevoelens, maar belangen. In de politiek ruim je geen mens op, je ruimt een hinderpaal uit de weg, punt.

Fui un insensato -dijo-, en no haberme arrancado el corazón el día que jure vengarme.

There are no dangers, there are only obstacles. I've found that word in all languages, but I've never understood it, and, if I were king, I'd have it deleted as absurd and useless.

No es el árbol el que abandona a la flor, sino la flor la que abandona al árbol.

Argentini sono stranieri allo Stato Orientale del pari che gli uomini del Chili o dell'Inghilterra.

Hayat, filozofun gülerek çektiÄŸi ve çeÅŸitli ac?lardan meydana gelen bir tesbihe benzer. Siz de benim gibi filozof olun biraz, gelin masaya içelim ÅŸimdi; hiçbir ÅŸey hayat? bir bardak ÅŸarab?n ard?ndan gözüktüÄŸü kadar toz pembe gösteremez.

Es la joven una flor, cuyo fruto es el amor… »

To forgive is not to forget.

You are without a doubt a remarkable man,' Danglars said. 'And whatever philosophers say, it's marvellous to be rich.

La drept vorbind, singurii inÈ™i în stare s? se plictiseasc? pe lumea aceasta È™i care se c?l?toresc în lumea de apoi cu speranÈ›a c? vor avea parte de mai multe distracÈ›ii sunt zevzecii.

relates that on his first visit to M.