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Alexander Dumas quotes about life

French Novelist July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870

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Danglers alone was content and joyous, he had got rid of an enemy and preserved his situation on board the Pharaon; Danglers was one of those men born with a pen behind the ear, and an ink-stand in place of a heart. Everything with him was multiplication or subtraction, and he estimated the life of a man as less precious than a figure, when that figure could increase, and that life would diminish, the total of the amount. Alexander Dumas
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. Alexander Dumas
You who weep for pleasures fled, While dragging on a life of care, All your woes will melt in air, If to god your tears are shed, You who Weap! Alexander Dumas
When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever. Alexander Dumas
Alexander Dumas quote: "If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has..."
If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself. Alexander Dumas
Alexander Dumas quote: "I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death."
I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death. Alexander Dumas
Come, then, thou regenerate man, thou extravagant prodigal, thou awakened sleeper, thou all-powerful visionary, thou invincible millionaire,--once again review thy past life of starvation and wretchedness, revisit the scenes where fate and misfortune conducted, and where despair received thee. Too many diamonds, too much gold and splendor, are now reflected by the mirror in which Monte Cristo seeks to behold Dantes. Hide thy diamonds, bury thy gold, shroud thy splendor, exchange riches for... Alexander Dumas
I hate this life of the fashionable world, always ordered, measured, ruled, like our music-paper. What I have always wished for, desired, and coveted, is the life of an artist, free and independent, relying only on my own resources, and accountable only to myself. Alexander Dumas
Alexander Dumas quote: "What tender threads do life and death hang"
What tender threads do life and death hang Alexander Dumas
Alexander Dumas quote: "God orders a man to do all he can to save his life."
God orders a man to do all he can to save his life. Alexander Dumas
Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms Alexander Dumas
Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That's when you shout, "Do your worst, for I will do mine!" and you will be remembered forever. Alexander Dumas
Alexander Dumas quote: "Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!"
Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life! Alexander Dumas
Without words, protestations, or vows, I have laid my life in your hands. You fail me, and, I repeat once more, you are quite right in acting thus; nevertheless in losing you I lose part of my life. Alexander Dumas
Alexander Dumas quote: "There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people..."
There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible. Alexander Dumas

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