Quotes by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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Woman is sacred the woman one loves is holy. — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed whe — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requi — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait a — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others. — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Perhaps what I am about to say will appear strange to you gentlemen, socialists, progressives, humanitarians as you are, — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime langua — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Look, look,' cried the count, seizing the young man's hands - "look, for on my soul it is curious. Here is a man who had — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliv — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
God, who might have directed the assassin's dagger so as to end your career in a moment, has given you this quarter of a — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates ar — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Darling, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom is summed up in two words? Wait and hope. — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
So, preferring death to capture, I accomplished the most astonishing deeds, and which, more then once, showed me that th — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortu — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
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, The Count of Monte Cristo