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I cannot think that man is meant to find happiness so easily! Happiness is like one of those palaces on an enchanted island, its gates guarded by drag...more

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Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.

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My friend, let us enjoy the present and give no thought to the evils of the future.

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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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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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we said we would be to each other as two voices, who shadows.

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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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Woman is sacred the woman one loves is holy.

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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.

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Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.

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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.