“We must have done something very wicked before we were born, or else we must be going to be very happy indeed when we are dead, for God to let this life have all the tortures of expiation and all the sorrows of an ordeal.”
Book:Camille
Quote by Alexandre Dumas-fils
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Alexandre Dumas-fils
Alexandre Dumas-fils, born on July 27, 1824, and died on November 27, 1895, was a renowned French novelist, famous for his historical novels and adventure stories. more
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