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MY GOD!' read Monte Cristo, 'LET ME KEEP MY MEMORY!

All men are scoundrels and I am happy to be able to do more than hate them: now I despise them.

Now, I cannot for one instant believe you so devoid of gallantry as to refuse a lady your escort when she even condescends to ask you for it.

I almost regret having helped you in your researches & having told you what I did

Yes; your house is dull enough to drive people to think.

the count, with the smile which he made at will either terrible or benevolent

Beauchamp, one of the kings of the press, and therefore claiming the right of a throne everywhere, was eying everybody through his monocle.

Having reached the summit of his vengeance by a long and tortuous path, he saw an abyss of doubt yawning before him.

Întotdeauna mi-a fost mai fric? de o pan?, de o sticlu?? cu cerneal? ÅŸi de o coal? de hîrtie decît de o sabie sau un pistol

There is neither happiness nor misery in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

some trace in contemporary works of these extraordinary names which had so strongly awakened our curiosity.

The truth is that you are afraid.' 'Afraid? I do not know all the words in the Parisian jargon, and I know not what you mean.

that theatrical formality invented to heighten the effect of a comedy called the signature of the contract

Comte de la Fere, Touching Some Events Which Passed in France Toward the End of the Reign of King Louis XIII and the Commencement of the Reign

There are no dangers, there are only obstacles. I've found that word in all languages, but I've never understood it, and, if I were king, I'd have it deleted as absurd and useless.

You are without a doubt a remarkable man,' Danglars said. 'And whatever philosophers say, it's marvellous to be rich.

Bir tüy, bir mürekkep hokkas? ve bir kâ??t beni her zaman bir k?l?çtan ya da tabancadan daha çok korkutmuÅŸtur.

This horse is decidedly, or rather has been in his youth, a buttercup, resumed the stranger, continuing the remarks he had begun, and addressing himself to his auditors at the window

Do not give me more credit than I deserve, and you will never have to revise your first impression of me.

People in general only ask advice not to follow it; or if they do follow it, it is for the sake of having some on to blame for having given it

Se fosse stato giorno e avesse potuto vedere l'aspetto che aveva, si sarebbe gettato dalla finestra in quello stesso istante e il tragico l'avrebbe salvato dal ridicolo

It is impossible to read this opening paragraph without an involuntary feeling of religious awe; it breathed the very savor of Gospel antiquity. The sincerity of the author heightens his power of language.

The happy and the powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.