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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

“As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.”

People Ifs Giving Order Asks Advice Blame Musketeers Three Musketeers

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.”

Ifs Would Be Doubt No Doubt Charming Amiable Musketeers Three Musketeers

Book:The Three Musketeers: Classic French Literature

Source: The Three Musketeers: Classic French Literature

“If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo”

Ifs Fool Casts Foolishness Monte Cristo

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“Within six months, if I am not dead, I shall have seen you again, madam--even if I have to overturn the world.”

Ifs World Months Six Six Months You Again

Book:The Three Musketeers: World Classics

Source: The Three Musketeers: World Classics

“You who weep for pleasures fled, While dragging on a life of care, All your woes will melt in air, If to god your tears are shed, You who Weap!”

Ifs Care Pleasure Air Tears Shed Woe

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“What would you not have accomplished if you had been free?" "Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect. Compression is needed to explode gunpowder. Captivity has brought my mental faculties to a focus; and you are well aware that from the collision of clouds electricity is produced — from electricity, lightning, from lightning, illumination.”

“Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.”

Ifs Seeing Recognizing

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“I love the life you've always made so sweet for me and I'd regret it if I had to die.' 'Do you mean to say that if I left you---' 'I'd die, yes.' 'Then you love me?”

Ifs Mean Made Dies Left Sweet Regret

Book:The Count of Monte Cristo

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo

“There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime.”

Source: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO: Classic French Literature

“Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded twice. "In general, people only ask for advice," he said "that they may not follow it or if they should follow it that they may have somebody to blame for having given it".”

People Ifs Should May Said Asks Given Advice Exercise Blame Free Will

Book:The Three Musketeers

Source: The Three Musketeers

“I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away.”

Ifs Nice Very Nice

Book:The Three Musketeers

Source: The Three Musketeers

“If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.”

Ifs Firsts Persons Might Wish Crime Guilty Guilty Person

Book:The Count of Monte Cristo

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo

“If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.”

Ifs Men Atheism Atheist Live Life Agnostic God Life There Being No God

Author:Alexandre Dumas