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585c757
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We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down.
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e70e188
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There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed."
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Alexandre Dumas |
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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps!
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Alexandre Dumas |
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fb41f3d
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No, Maximilien, I am not offended," answered she, "but do you not see what a poor, helpless being I am, almost a stranger and an outcast in my father's house, where even he is seldom seen; whose will has been thwarted, and spirits broken, from the age of ten years, beneath the iron rod so sternly held over me; oppressed, mortified, and persecuted, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, no person has cared for, even observed my sufferin..
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Alexandre Dumas |
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dd5b9cd
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Yes; I am a supercargo; pen, ink, and paper are my tools, and without my tools I am fit for nothing.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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0d77813
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But that's not the name of a man, it's the name of a mountain! (...) "It is my name," Athos said calmly. "But you said your name was d'Artagnan." "I?" "Yes, you." "That is to say, someone said to me: 'You are M. d'Artagnan?' I replied: 'You think so?' My guards shouted that they were sure of it. I did not want to vex them. Besides, I might have been mistaken."
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Alexandre Dumas |
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b365162
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There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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65e6485
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Life is a chaplet of little miseries which the philosopher counts with a smile. Be philosophers, as I am, gentlemen; sit down at the table and let us drink. Nothing makes the future look so bright as surveying it through a glass of chambertin.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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e1174d8
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Men who swear undying love sometimes have the worst intentions in the world.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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dfe7f3a
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Well, sir, embrace me once, as you would embrace your daughter, and I swear to you that that kiss, the only chaste kiss I have ever had, will make me strong against my love, and that within a week your son will be once more at your side, perhaps unhappy for a time, but cured forever.
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He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow, with black eyes, and hair as dark as the raven's wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
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edmond-dantes
sailor
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Alexandre Dumas |
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bc8f03c
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But there is this terrible thing in evil thoughts, that evil minds soon grow familiar with them.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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eda4374
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In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God
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Alexandre Dumas |
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661d852
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I will follow him to hell, and that is saying not a little, as I believe him entirely capable of the descent.
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for, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman's nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the maternal breast, and that is where a dearly-beloved child is concerned.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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9cb2a7a
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Gli uomini veramente generosi sono sempre pronti a divenire compassionevoli allorche la disgrazia del nemico supera i limiti del loro odio.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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n lrdwd lt~ yntZrh lnsn bfrG lSbr tSl dy'man f~ Gybh.
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Alexandre Dumas-fils |
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5765b46
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that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me
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englishmen
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Alexandre Dumas |
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Kitty: I thought your ladyship was ill. I wanted to help you. Lady deWinter: I ill? Do you take me for a weak woman? When I am insulted I do not feel ill - I avenge myself. Do you hear?
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af54078
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and I will say to you, rude as it may seem, `My brother, you sacrifice greatly to pride; you may be above others, but above you there is God.
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418f894
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There are some catastrophes that a poor writer's pen cannot describe and which he is obliged to leave to the imagination of his readers with a bald statement of the facts.
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writer
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c85de6b
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But my real treasure is not that, my dear friend, which awaits me beneath the sombre rocks of Monte Cristo, it is your presence...it is the rays of intelligence you have elicited from my brain, the languages you have implanted in my memory, and which have taken root there with all their philological ramifications. These different sciences that you have made so easy to me by the depth of the knowledge you possess of them, and the clearness o..
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Alexandre Dumas |
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dcef9d1
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What fragile and unknown threads the destinies of nations and the lives of men are suspended.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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66dca28
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Celui-la seul qui a eprouve l'extreme infortune est apte a ressentir l'extreme felicite. Il faut avoir voulu mourir pour savoir combien el est bon de vivre.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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Pain anguish and suffering in human life are always in proportion to the strength with which a man is endowed. We will not pretend to say that Heaven always apportions to a man's capability of endurance the anguish with which he afflicts him...Suffering is in proportion to the strength which has been accorded in other words the weak suffer more where the trial is the same than the strong.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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3f249f9
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A man is held to be criminal,sometimes, by the great ones of the earth,not because he has committed a crime himself but because he knows of one which has been committed.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our debts of honor paid.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have 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 when God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, - 'Wait and hope.' - Your friend, Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo. The eyes..
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live
grief
future
happiness
hope
horizon
wait
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Alexandre Dumas |
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The hungry men were seen, followed by their valets, roaming the quais and guards' quarters; gleaning from their outside friends all the dinners they could find; for, according to Aramis, in prosperity one should sow meals right and left, in order to harvest some in adversity.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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My son, philosophy as I understand it, is reducible to no rules by which it can be learned; it is the amalgamation of all the sciences, the golden cloud which bears the soul to heaven.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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af78996
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You were able to wait,' said Dantes, sighing. 'Your long labor gave you a constant occupation, and when you didn't have your work to distract you, you had your hopes to console you.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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Why does a steward steal? He steals because he's not sure he'll always remain with his master and wants to make his future secure.
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stewardship
security
materialism
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ffc1e91
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lnsn yjd lkthyr mn l`z f~ lbwH balmh wmt`bh.
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Alexandre Dumas-fils |
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Nie minavame chesto p'ti pokrai shchastieto, bez da go vidim, bez da go poglednem, ili ako sme go videli i poglednali - bez da go poznaem
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Alexandre Dumas |
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When you are in doubt as to which you should serve forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle for this is everything.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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d22e80b
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Death is the only serious preoccupation in life.
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mortality
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Alexandre Dumas |
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3f3b06c
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D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!" -D'Artagnan"
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Alexandre Dumas |
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Pauvres creatures! Si c'est un tort de les aimer, c'est bien le moins qu'on les plaigne. Vous plaignez l'aveugle qui n'a jamais vu les rayons du jour, le sourd qui n'a jamais entendu les accords de la nature, le muet qui n'a jamais pu rendre la voix de son ame, et, sous un faux pretexte de pudeur, vous ne voulez pas plaindre cette cecite du coeur, cette surdite de ame, ce mutisme de la conscience qui rendent folle la malheureuse affligee et..
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romance
reflection
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Alexandre Dumas-fils |
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f730fe9
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Nothing succeeds like success.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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40bd0bb
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Moite mechti niamat granitsi - az vinagi iskam nev'zmozhnoto.
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Alexandre Dumas |
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beb6025
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Consider that, if you talk, if you babble, you will sacrifice the head of your master, who has so much confidence in your fidelity that he has answered for you to us. But remember also that if by any fault of yours any such calamity should befall d'Artagnanan I will hunt you out wherever you may be and completely perforate you." "Oh, sir!" cried Planchet, humiliated at the suspicion, and particularly alarmed by the calmness of the muskete..
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Alexandre Dumas |
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2af4ec2
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Great is the truth, fire can not burn, nor water can drown it!
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Alexandre Dumas |
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19e0708
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Before one is afraid, one sees clearly; while one is afraid, one sees double; and after being afraid, one sees dimly.
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