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True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.

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There is something so awe-inspiring in great afflictions that even in the worst times the first emotion of a crowd has generally been to sympathise wi...more

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There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives u...more

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Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.

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Enough,' said Mercedes, 'enough Edmond! Believe me that she who alone recognized you has been the only one to comprehend you. And had she crossed your...more

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You are my son Dantés! You are the child of my captivity. My priestly office condemned me to celibacy: God sent you to me both to console the man who ...more

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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 resigned himself to his fate,...more

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For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks...more

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God, who might have directed the assassin's dagger so as to end your career in a moment, has given you this quarter of an hour for repentance. Reflect...more

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God may seem sometimes to forget for a while, whilst his justice reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers.

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The king! I thought he was philosopher enough to allow that there was no murder in politics. In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, t...more

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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.

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Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.

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As it was a time of war between the Catholics and the Huguenots, and as he saw the Catholics exterminate the Huguenots and the Huguenots exterminate t...more

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In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well ...more