Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas French dramatist & novelist (1802 - 1870)


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- All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

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- A husband is always a sensible man; he never thinks of marrying.

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- Jealousy is the art of injuring ourselves more than others.

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- It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.

Alexandre Dumas - fils
- If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.

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- Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.

Alexandre Dumas - Translation from "The Count of Monte Cristo"
- Until divinity decides to reveal the future to human kind, the sum of all human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.

Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo
- 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 life is to live.