Quotes About Count

The count came back to young Morcerf. 'Don't you think,' he said, 'on reflection that you were wrong to speak in that way about your mother-in-law in front of Debray?' 'Please, Count,' Morcerf said. 'I beg you, don't use that word in anticipation.

The distance was short, and at the end of ten minutes his carriage, or rather the count's, stopped before the Hotel de Londres.

Oh, said the count, I only know two things which destroy the appetite, — grief — and as I am happy to see you very cheerful, it is not that — and love. Now after what you told me this morning of your heart, I may believe —

One!" said the count mysteriously, his eyes fixed on the corpse, disfigured by so awful a death.

What the count said was true—the most curious spectacle in life is that of death.

the count left, murmuring these verses from Pindar: 'Youth is a flower of which love is the fruit … Happy the vintager who picks it after watching it slowly mature.

Go, said the count deliberately, go, dear friend, but promise me, if you meet with any obstacle to remember that I have some power in this world; that I am happy to use that power in the behalf of those I love; and that I love you, Morrel. I will remember it, said the young man, as selfish children recollect their parents when they want their aid. When I need your assistance, and the moment may come, I will come to you, count.

But there are shutters?' 'Yes, there are, but they are never used. He's eccentric, this Count of Monte Cristo, and likes to see the sky, even at night.

What commands the Count of Monte Cristo,' the strange man interrupted, 'is the Count of Monte Cristo. So, not a word of all this, I beg you. I do what I wish, Monsieur Beauchamp, and believe me, it is always very well done.

Count, for me with Valentine there could be an infinite, immense, unknown happiness, a happiness too great, too complete and too divine for this world. Since this world has not given it to me, Count, that means that there is nothing for me on earth except despair and desolation.

Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,—'Wait and hope.'—Your friend, "Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo.

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

Then he said aloud: "Listen, Morrel, I see your grief is great, but still you do not like to risk your soul." Morrel smiled sadly. "Count," he said, "I swear to you my soul is no longer my own.

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.

Because of the kind of life he had led, and because of the resolve he had made – and kept – not to shrink from anything, the count had managed to enjoy unknown pleasures in the struggle against nature, which is God, and against the world – which is, near enough, the Devil.

Don't hope too much, Bertuccio,' said the count. 'The wicked do not die in that way: God seems to take them under his protection to use them as the instruments of his vengeance.

fortuna, señor conde?

Go on, then,' the count said slowly. 'Go, my dear friend, but do this for me: if you should encounter any obstacle, remember that I have some power in this world, that I am happy to use it for the benefit of those I love, and that I love you, Morrel.

I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand your gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.

I feel like I've been able to live a dream life, but my view of things is absolutely inside behavior about how I behave and how I count on other people behaving.

You say you want a revolutionWell you knowwe all want to change the world…But when you talk about destructionDon't you know that you can count me outDon't you know it's gonna be alright.

Well,' I tried, 'I suppose it's the thought that counts.' 'Yes. He thought we wouldn't notice he's a complete cheapskate

Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there Undead.

You see, Count, I have the Emperor's prison planet, Salusa Secundus, to inspire me." The