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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. (Alexandre Dumas)
Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated. View quote
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I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me. View quote
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You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart. View quote
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives. View quote
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Haste is a poor counselor. View quote
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The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted. View quote
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It is only the dead who do not return. View quote
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How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure! View quote
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No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo. View quote
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In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared. (Alexandre Dumas)
On what slender threads do life and fortune hang. View quote
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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. View quote
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...but my friends call me Edmund Dantes. View quote
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I am a count, not a saint. View quote
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures. View quote
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Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety. View quote
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Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle. View quote
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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination. View quote
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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. View quote
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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen. (Alexandre Dumas)
There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret. View quote
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. View quote
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...remember that what has once been done may be done again. View quote
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I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please. View quote
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