Quotes from Alexandre Dumas

The Imperial throne was occupied by Frederic III, who had been rightly named the Peaceful, not for the reason that he had always maintained peace, but because, having constantly been beaten, he had always been forced to make it.

La popolazione di Montevideo occupa invece un paese bellissimo, irrigato da ruscelli, intersecato da valli.

The sentiment of flattery is instinctive with people of abject condition; they have the sense of it, as the wild animal has that of hearing and smell.

Friendship throws out deep roots in honest hearts

Ogni falsità è una maschera, e per quanto la maschera sia ben fatta, si arriva sempre, con un po' di attenzione, a distinguerla dal volto.

nous n'eûmes plus de repos que nous n'eussions retrouvé, dans les ouvrages contemporains, une trace quelconque de ces noms extraordinaires qui avaient fort

On a quelquefois assez souffert pour avoir le droit de ne jamais dire : je suis trop heureux.

Danglars gehörte zu jenen Menschen, die mit einer Feder hinter dem Ohr und mit einem Tintenfass an Stelle des Herzens geboren werden.

Now, I'm ridiculously attached to my head, seeing that it seems to go rather well with my shoulders.

old age is boastful; and it is pardonable for old men to praise themselves when others no longer do it.

short time ago, while making researches in the Royal Library for my History of Louis XIV, I stumbled by chance upon the Memoirs of M. d'Artagnan, printed—as were most of the works of that period, in which authors could not tell the truth without the risk of a residence, more or less long, in the Bastille—at Amsterdam, by Pierre Rouge.

Eh! sire, that is the fate of truth; she is a stern companion; she bristles all over with steel; she wounds those whom she attacks, and sometimes him who speaks her.

Now, I entertain a ridiculous partiality for my head, it seems to suit my shoulders so correctly.

If I have been your friend, Morcerf, your present manner of speaking would almost lead me to forget that I ever bore that title.

Totul, prin urmare, e un vis pe lumea aceasta! Un vis a fost leg?tura inimilor noastre! Aceast? via?? care a b?nuit la dragoste ?i fericire, totul a fost un vis!

Ah! j'étais cependant si bien dit-elle; j'étais presque morte.

Oh, Louise, te iubesc în aÈ™a chip, încât aÈ™ fi în stare s?-mi dau sângele pentru dumneata pic?tur? cu pictur?, carnea mea fâÈ™ie cu fâÈ™ie, toat? veÈ™nicia f?pturii mele pentru o singur? clip?.

catalogue des livres que nous lûmes pour arriver à ce but remplirait un feuilleton tout entier, ce qui serait peut-être fort instructif, mais à coups sûr peu amusant pour nos lecteurs. Nous nous contenterons donc

Les Siciliens sont, après ou même avant les Napolitains, le peuple le plus criard de la Terre. Cette loquacité fait le désespoir d'un brave colonel anglais qui a pris du service dans l'armée de Garibaldi et qui s'est chargé de l'instruction de deux ou trois cents recrues.

I've worn that mask so long I don't feel safe without it.

I have always been more afraid of a pen, a bottle of ink and a sheet of paper than of a sword or a pistol.

God alone knows what is going on within the hearts of men.

révolution aussi entière que si les huguenots en fussent venus faire une seconde Rochelle. Plusieurs bourgeois, voyant s'enfuir les femmes du côté de la Grande-Rue, entendant les enfants crier sur le seuil des portes, se hâtaient d'endosser la cuirasse et, appuyant leur contenance quelque peu incertaine d'un mousquet ou d'une pertuisane, se dirigeaient vers l'hôtellerie du Franc Meunier, devant laquelle s'empressait

Death does not reckon by years; it is impartial; some die young, some reach old age.