Alexandre Dumas
Three Musketeers
Sayings by Alexandre Dumas
The wretched and the miserable should turn to their fellow sufferers rather than to the happy for sympathy and advice.
The sum of all villainies is to deceive oneself.
The best way to make a man happy is to give him a chance to be generous.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
All for one, and one for all.
There are some wounds that time cannot heal.
Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look in the storm's eye, and not flinch.
Hatred is blind; anger is a fool.
How can I be a slave, when I was born free?
The only way to escape the responsibility of your actions is to die.
God is always there, but he helps those who help themselves.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Woman is a charming creature who, with a kiss, can transport you to paradise or hell.
I am a man who has tasted every pleasure and every sorrow.
What is history? An agreed-upon fable.
It is not the business of the law to punish men for their thoughts.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
Love is the most powerful and dangerous of all emotions.
To suffer is to live.