Quotes from Alexandre Dumas

c'est quand on est au plus bas de la roue que la roue tourne et vous élève

Athos en el caballo que debía a su mujer, Aramis en el caballo que debía a su amante, Porthos en el caballo que debía a su procuradora, y D'Artagnan en el caballo que debía a su buena fortuna, la mejor de las amantes.

Nimic nu-mi poate fi mai pl?cut, drag? prietene, decât s? m? reîntorc în singur?tatea mea, sub copacii mei stufoÈ™i, pe ??rmul Loarei. Dac? Dumnezeu e cel mai mare t?m?duitor al r?nilor sufleteÈ™ti, natura îÈ›i d?ruieÈ™te leacurile cele mai neîntrecute.

he looked up with the satisfied air of a man who thinks he has made a discovery when he has commented on someone else's idea

Dac? florile înseamn? libertate, relu? cu tristeÈ›e osânditul, atunci înseamn? c? libertatea o am, de vreme ce am florile.

It has been truly said, that a woman who has truly loved is always young, and that the bloom of the girl of twenty years ever lies concealed in some secret cloister of the heart. 1

Not a ripple could be noticed on the surface of the green waters; the swans themselves, even, reposing with folded wings like ships at anchor, seemed inspirations of the warmth of the air, the freshness of the water, and the silence of the beautiful evening

I have to admit that my historical work is my favourite occupation. When I go back to the past, I forget the present. I walk free and independently through history, and forget that I am a prisoner.

Balzampleu!" said the Swiss, who, despite the fine collection of oaths boasted by the German language, had taken to swearing in French.

Lors de la retraite des Napolitains, sa sÅ"ur a été violée par les soldats, qui lui ont ensuite coupé la tête et ont laissé dans la rue le corps nu et la tête coupée. Le corps et la tête ont été trouvés et pieusement recueillis par les carabiniers génois.

Non temo nulla, Bentivoglio!

L'honneur, c'est le respect de ce que l'on doit aux autres, et surtout de ce qu'on se doit à soi-même.»

Posle toga bismo na koji trenutak zaspali i, utapaju?i se u svoju ljubav, bili bismo dva uporna ronioca koja izlaze na površinu vode samo da udahnu vazduh.

aquella carrera le resultó beneficiosa en el sentido de que a medida que el sudor inundaba su frente su corazón se enfriaba.

The unfortunates cling to the smallest hopes, as the happy do to the greatest good;

Je suis venu à Paris avec quatre écus dans ma poche, et je me serais battu avec quiconque m'aurait dit que je n'étais pas en état d'acheter le Louvre.

rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.

Raoul, sappiate sempre distinguere i re dalla monarchia. Il re è soltanto un uomo, la monarchia è lo spirito di Dio. Quando voi sarete in dubbio di sapere chi dovete servire, abbandonate l'apparenza materiale per il principio invisibile. Perché il principio invisibile è tutto. Solamente Dio ha voluto rendere tangibile questo principio incarnandolo in un uomo.

Ser atento y cortés no es ser cobarde.

I am forgetting that, before I die, I have my enemies to punish and, who knows? – perhaps a few friends to reward.

ah, you are playing with me, like those good, or rather selfish mothers who soothe their children with honeyed words, because their screams annoy them.

the southern countries in which d'Artagnan had hitherto

Oh, o homem (...), o mais egoísta de todos os animais, a mais personalista de todas as criaturas, sempre a acreditar que a terra gira, que o sol brilha, que a morte ceifa só para ele; formiga a amaldiçoar Deus do alto de uma folha de relva!

Comme tous les grands seigneurs de cette époque, il montait à cheval et faisait des armes dans la perfection.