W. W. Dumas Quotes

Pain, thou art not an evil

That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?

...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.

He's right: They have to put madmen with madmen.

You scholars, you're in communication with the devil.

God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.

So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps!

Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!

In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.

in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language in which he invokes the pity of heaven!

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

But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues?" Maximilien asked. "Because, my friend, I judge it by the past.

D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!" -D'Artagnan

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?

What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die.

Within six months, if I am not dead, I shall have seen you again, madam--even if I have to overturn the world.

I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —

......When one loves, one is only too ready to believe one's love returned.

I love the life you've always made so sweet for me and I'd regret it if I had to die.' 'Do you mean to say that if I left you---' 'I'd die, yes.' 'Then you love me?

Life is very tenacious in these lawyers.

His fair landlady was in despair. She would most willingly have made M. d'Artagnan her husband--such a handsome man, and such a fierce mustache!

One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.

...does that not tell you that grief is like life and that there is always somethings unknown beyond it?

It is the infirmity of our nature always to believe ourselves much more unhappy than those who groan by our sides!

Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".

One has always had a childhood, whatever one becomes.

Women sometimes allow you to be unfaithful to their love; they never allow you to wound their self-esteem.

The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the best that turns to the worst.

Everyone except gamblers knows that gambling never pays. ... Losing, like winning, only increased his determination to play.

Elinor Lipman is to tweets what Shakespeare is to sonnets.

For me, writing clarifies things. It gives meaning, and it makes me see the connections.

In organic chemistry there exist certain types which are conserved even when, in place of hydrogen, equal volumes of chlorine, of bromine, etc. are introduced.

I think I am probably a lot like my father.

I needed some real danger and some mortal risk to run, to tranquilize me.

The arts are the best insurance policy a city can take on itself.

Some people say readin too many books will stunt your growth.

Woman is sacred the woman one loves is holy.

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

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.

Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, -Wait and hope.

Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.

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, then, wretched man, and repent.

I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Darling, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom is summed up in two words? Wait and hope.

Never be afraid of opportunities, always be on the lookout for adventures.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.

It is necessary ... to yield to the storm, purchase a peace, and wait patiently for better times.

I never swear, Monseigneur. I say Yes or No, and as I am a gentleman, I keep my word.