“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.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Grief #Able #World
“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Two #Evil #Silence
“Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Women #Love Is #Sacred
“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
#Country #Taken #Heart
“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.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Men #Rocks #Storm
“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.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Love #Life #Men
“Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Love #Life #Spiritual
“Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Men #Feelings #Despair
“Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Pain #Heart #May
“We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Humble #Air #Sea
“How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Moments #Pleasure #Difficulty
“Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Happiness #Real #Ocean
“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. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Hope #Children #Grief
“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.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Sight #Two #Forever
“I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Ink #Bottles #Paper
“My son, be worthy of your noble name, worthily borne by your ancestors for over five hundred years. Remember it’s by courage, and courage alone, that a nobleman makes his way nowadays. Don’t be afraid of opportunities, and seek out adventures. My son, all I have to give you is fifteen ecus, my horse, and the advice you’ve just heard. Make the most of these gifts, and have a long, happy life.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Horse #Adventure #Son
“True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Love #Positive #Men
“Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Happiness #Fighting #Dragons
“Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Adventure #Quarrels #Never Fear
“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.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Motivational #Jobs #Class
“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
#Gratitude #Blessed #Grateful
“I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Intelligence #Intellectual #Wicked
“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.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Men #Broken #Dignity
“...know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Stars #Night #Darkness
“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.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Dream #Real #Forever
“If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Fool #Casts #Monte Cristo
“Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded twice. "In general, people only ask for advice," he said "that they may not follow it or if they should follow it that they may have somebody to blame for having given it".”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Exercise #People #Advice
“We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Believe #Long #Fortune
“Wait, and hope" (The Count of Monte Cristo)”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Waiting #Monte Cristo
“The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.”
-- Alexandre Dumas
#Differences #Matter #Treason
