Quotes from Alexandre Dumas

My child, said Cornelius, I have nothing to give you in exchange for the service you are rendering us but the Bible which you will find in my room. It is the last gift of an honest man; I hope it will bring you good luck. I thank you, Mynheer Cornelius; it shall never leave me, replied Rosa.

Lale tüm çiçekler içinde en güzelidir.

Il emportait un trésor de pieuses pensées, pourlesquelles le contact des folles joies de la mascherata eût été une profanation.

çünkü gözyaÅŸlar?n?z beni k?sa süre sonra ölecek olmamdan daha çok üzüyor.

He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven's wing;

If you want to find a culprit, first you find those who might gain a benefit from committed act.

the walls have ears, but they don't have tongues.

Monte Cristo pressed on that pure beautiful forehead a kiss which made two hearts throb at once, the one violently, the other secretly.

Vivam pois e sejam felizes, filhos do meu coração, e nunca esqueçam que até ao dia em que Deus se dignar desvendar o futuro ao homem, toda a sabedoria humana residirá nestas palavras: Esperar e ter esperança.

Sólo tengo dos adversarios, y no vencedores, porque con la constancia los sujeto, y son el tiempo y el espacio. El tercero, y el más terrible, es mi condición de hombre mortal.

Cornelius was stretched on his couch, with broken wrists and crushed fingers. He had not confessed a crime of which he was not guilty; and now, after three days of agony, he once more breathed freely, on being informed that the judges, from whom he had expected death, were only condemning him to exile.

It is wicked of you to call on the wrath of God to satisfy your jealousy!

I have lost all that bound me to life, death smiles and invites me to rest; I die after my own manner, I die exhausted and broken-spirited, as I fall asleep when I have paced three thousand times round my cell. No sooner had this idea taken possession of him than he became more composed, arranged his couch to the best of his power, ate little, and slept less, and found this existence almost supportable, because he felt he could throw it off at will, like a worn-out garment.

The Countess G—— insists upon it that he is a vampire.

There's nothing gives you so much courage as good reasons

I have heard it said that hearts inflamed by obstacles to their desire grew cold in time of security.

The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.

sun, he thought he saw the barrel of a musket glitter from behind a hedge. D'Artagnan had a quick eye and a prompt understanding. He comprehended that the musket had not come there of itself, and that he who bore it had not concealed himself behind a hedge with any friendly intentions. He

Nada más desagradable a quienes se encolerizan que la indiferencia de aquellos a quienes dirigen sus iras. Uno no gasta energías en enfadarse para desperdiciarlas. Uno se excita, pone la sangre en ebullición para algo. No merece la pena si esta ebullición no produce una chispita de satisfacción. (P. 240)

As a result of the sympathetic devotion which Jacopo had from the first bestowed on Edmond, the latter was moved to a certain degree of affection.

Let the rich man rediscover the poor one; the free man the pisoner; and the resurrected man the corpse.

For behind all present happiness is concealed a fear for the future.

Well, monsieur, I am suffering at this moment something strange, and that is the satisfaction of despair. There is in certain souls - and I have just discovered that mine is of the number - a real satisfaction in the assurance that all is lost, and the time is come to yield.

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