Quotes from Alexandre Dumas

La jeunesse est une fleur dont l'amour est le fruit...

Mas, se não há inimigos, talvez haja invejosos: aos dezenove anos, vai ser nomeado capitão, o que na sua situação é um posto bem elevado… Vai se casar com uma bela mulher que o ama, o que é uma felicidade rara em qualquer lugar da terra… Esses dois favores de seu destino podem ter lhe proporcionado invejosos.

lawyers always give you very bad dinners.

azuré.Le yacht avançait rapidement, quoique en apparence il y eût à peine assez de vent pour faire flotter la chevelure bouclée d'une jeune fille.

23. La isla de Montecristo

Very well,' said Dantès. 'Then I, too, shall remain.' And, standing up and solemnly extending his hand above the old man's head: 'I swear by the blood of Christ that I shall not leave you until your death.

But there is no need to know danger in order to fear it; indeed, it may be observed, that it is usually unknown perils that inspire the greatest terror.

Les blessures morales ont cela de particulier qu'elles se cachent, mais ne se referment pas; toujours douloureuses, toujours prêtes à saigner quand on les touche, elles restent vives et béantes dans le cÅ"ur.

I never seek to protect a society which does not protect me, and which I will even say, generally occupies itself about me only to injure me;

And that you alone, among the men whom you do not recognize as your brothers- for you have said so, observed Villefort, in a tone that faltered somewhat- you alone are perfect.

Sainte-Croix, a strange mixture of qualities good and evil, had reached the supreme crisis of his life, when the powers of darkness or of light were to prevail. Maybe, if he had met some angelic soul at this point, he would have been led to God; he encountered a demon, who conducted him to Satan.

Believe me, to seek a quarrel with a man is a bad method of pleasing the woman who loves that man.

În politic?, dragul meu, È™tii ca È™i mine c? nu exist? oameni, ci idei. Nu sentimente, ci interese. În politic? nu se ucide un om, se suprim? un obstacol, atâta tot.

Siempre tiene uno prisa por ser feliz, señor Danglars; porque quien ha sufrido mucho, apenas puede creer en la dicha.

Definitivamente el vino es un traidor, que hace ver visiones.

L'odio è cieco, la collera stordisce, e colui che si versa la vendetta rischia di bere un'amara pozione.

Oh, uomo! - mormorò d'Avrigny, - il più egoista di tutti gli animali, la più egocentrica di tutte le creature, che sempre crede che la terra giri, il sole splenda e la morte falci vite soltanto per lui, formica che maledice Dio dall'alto di un filo d'erba!

We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.

Les évasions heureuses, les évasions couronnées d'un plein succès, sont les évasions méditées avec soin et lentement préparées

ma io, tradito, assassinato, gettato a mia volta in una tomba, ne sono uscito per grazia di Dio, e devo a Dio la mia vendetta: per questo mi manda, e sono qui.

Dantès in his cell heard the noise of preparation,—sounds that at the depth where he lay would have been inaudible to any but the ear of a prisoner, who could hear the splash of the drop of water that every hour fell from the roof of his dungeon. He guessed something uncommon was passing among the living; but he had so long ceased to have any intercourse with the world, that he looked upon himself as dead.

El señor Morrel comprendió que nada podía intentarse; un comisario con faja no es ya un hombre, es la estatua de la ley, fría, sorda, muda.

Le comte jeta autour de lui un regard dont l'expression désespérée eût touché des tigres, mais il ne pouvait désarmer des juges ; puis il leva les yeux vers la voûte, et les détourna aussitôt, comme s'il eût craint que cette voûte, en s'ouvrant, ne fît resplendir ce second tribunal qui se nomme le ciel, cet autre juge qui s'appelle Dieu.

Edmond, my friend, do not compel me to tarnish that noble and pure image reflected incessantly on the mirror of my heart.