Quotes from Alexandre Dumas

All human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'wait' and 'hope'.

Non esiste al mondo felicità né infelicità, esiste solo il confronto tra una condizione e un'altra, e basta. Solo chi ha provato la sventura estrema è adatto a sentire l'estrema felicità. Bisogna aver voluto morire, Maximilien, per sapere quanto è bello vivere.

a man, who, like Satan, thought himself, for an instant, equal to God; but who now acknowledges, with Christian humility, that God alone possesses supreme power and infinite wisdom.

hands are indispensable for priests of the inferior orders, when they bestow the benediction.

I found out that with one hundred and fifty well-chosen books a man possesses, if not a complete summary of all human knowledge, at least all that a man need really know.

In questo mondo non ci sono né felicità ne infelicità, esiste solo il confronto tra una condizione e l'altra, ecco tutto. Solo chi abbia provato l'estremo dolore è in grado di percepire l'estrema felicità. Bisogna aver voluto morire per sapere quanto è bello vivere.

one of those strong, ossified brains, which have no more room for a single idea, so fiercely does animal matter keep watch at the doors of intelligence, narrowly inspecting the contraband trade which might result from the introduction into the brain of a symptom of thought.

Yes, that's as may be; but what about the condemned man?' 'Also a dream, except that he remained asleep, while you woke up. Who can tell which of you is the more fortunate?

Madame," said the doctor, "they are not your enemies, but you are the enemy of the human race: nobody can think without, horror of your crimes.

being able to conceal from himself the ridiculous appearance that such a steed gave him, good horseman as he was. He had sighed deeply, therefore, when accepting

El orgullo de quienes no pueden edificar es destruir.

Nothing inspires a man like a solid argument

Captain van Deken

I do believe that disgust makes me sicker than hatred.

Well, there, sir, is another proof that good people are never rewarded on this earth, and that none but the wicked prosper. Ah," continued Caderousse, speaking in the highly colored language of the south, "the world grows worse and worse. Why does not God, if he really hates the wicked, as he is said to do, send down brimstone and fire, and consume them altogether?

annoncer sa visite, s'était élancé hors du péristyle

In ten minutes, fifty thousand lights glittered all the way from the Palazzo di Venezia to the Piazza del Popolo, and back up from the Piazza del Popolo to the Palazzo di Venezia. It was like a vast congregation of will-o'-the-wisps, impossible to envisage if you have never seen it: imagine that all the stars in the sky were to come down and dance wildly about the earth, to the accompaniment of cries such as no human ear has ever heard elsewhere on its surface.

La joven cogió el brazo de su amado sin preguntarle siquiera dónde la conducía, porque en aquel momento le parecía hermoso, fiero y potente como un dios.

Dantès n'avait point changé de place. Une main de fer semblait l'avoir cloué à l'endroit où la veille il s'était arrêté: seulement son oeil profond se cachait sous une enflure causée par la vapeur humide de ses larmes. Il était immobile et regardait la terre.

They were sailing under a clear sky in which God too was progressively putting on His lights, each another world.

My wish was not to confine myself to domestic cares, or the caprices of any man, but to be an artist, and consequently free in heart, in person, and in thought.

Sir, you are punctual, and I cannot complain that you have broken your promise; but oh, how the time has dragged, and how long it has seemed before the clock struck six!

sino al giorno in cui Dio si degnerà di svelare all'uomo l'avvenire, l'intera saggezza umana risiederà in queste due parole: Attendere e sperare!

all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, — `Wait and hope.