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Alexandre Dumas, a renowned French writer, was born on July 24, 1802, and died on December 5, 1870. He is famous for his historical and adventure novels, with notable works including 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo'.

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Famous Alexandre Dumas Quotes

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

Writing Heart Dark Emotion Emotional Adventure Ink Antagonist Adventure Fiction Feather

Book:The Count Of Monte Cristo / Le Comte De Monte Cristo: English French Parallel Text Edition

Source: The Count Of Monte Cristo / Le Comte De Monte Cristo: English French Parallel Text Edition

“In presence of this ingenuous greatness of soul, Aramis felt himself little. It was the second time he had been compelled to bend before real superiority of heart, much more powerful than splendour of mind.”

Heart Soul Compassion Kindness

Book:The Man in the Iron Mask

Source: The Man in the Iron Mask

“There is neither happiness nor misery in the 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. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”

Source: The Count Of Monte Cristo (Illustrated Edition of the Adventure Classic): Historical Thriller from the renowned French writer, known for The Three Musketeers, The Black Tulip, Twenty Years After, La Reine Margot and The Man in the Iron Mask

“For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.”

Heart Two Ideas Emanate

Book:The Count of Monte Cristo

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo

“Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.”

Heart May Pain Moral Ready Painful Wounds Touched Monte Cristo

Book:THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO: Classic French Literature

Source: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO: Classic French Literature

“Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".”

Heart Said Tears Fool My Heart Revenge

Book:The Count of Monte Cristo

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo

“In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.”

Firsts Heart Country Desire Liberty Taken Weapons Capable Independence Owners Defence Manly Rendering

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.”

Heart Wine Liquor Bad Thoughts Monte Cristo

Book:The Count Of Monte Cristo (Unabridged)

Source: The Count Of Monte Cristo (Unabridged)

“The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.”

Heart May Has Beens Lost Buried Repose Accompany Accompany Us

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going to lose, was after all, a good thing.”

Heart Eye Loses Battle Beats Good Things Laughed Heart Beat

Book:THE THREE MUSKETEERS - Complete Collection: The Three Musketeers,Twenty Years After,The Vicomte of Bragelonne,Ten Years Later,Louise da la Valliere&The Man in the Iron Mask: Adventure Classics

Source: THE THREE MUSKETEERS - Complete Collection: The Three Musketeers,Twenty Years After,The Vicomte of Bragelonne,Ten Years Later,Louise da la Valliere&The Man in the Iron Mask: Adventure Classics

“Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.”

Thinking Heart One Thing Lips

Book:The Count of Monte Cristo

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo

“Be kind. Aim for my heart.”

Heart Kind My Heart Aim Be Kind

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.”

Heart Done Gratitude Blessed Grateful Deeds Noble Good Deeds Obscurity Hereafter Being Blessed Monte Cristo

Book:Delphi Works of Alexandre Dumas (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Works of Alexandre Dumas (Illustrated)

“Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.”