26 Quotes by Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was a French writer in the 19th century, best known for his adventure novels, including "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo." Dumas was of mixed race, with African and French ancestry, and faced discrimination throughout his life. Despite this, he became one of the most popular writers of his time, with his works translated into many languages and adapted into numerous plays, films, and TV shows. Dumas' writing style was characterized by vivid descriptions, complex plots, and a sense of adventure, which continues to captivate readers to this day. (Bio)
Alexandre Dumas Quotes
All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope. (Meaning)
For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.
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.
Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
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
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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.
There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.
Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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.
So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
Be kind. Aim for my heart.
Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away.
― Alexandre Dumas Quotes
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