Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas, père, was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas'...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 July 1802
CityVillers-Cotterets, France
Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
My son, be worthy of your noble name, worthily borne by your ancestors for over five hundred years. Remember it’s by courage, and courage alone, that a nobleman makes his way nowadays. Don’t be afraid of opportunities, and seek out adventures. My son, all I have to give you is fifteen ecus, my horse, and the advice you’ve just heard. Make the most of these gifts, and have a long, happy life.
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".
So rapid is the flight of dreams upon the wings of imagination.
Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.
It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo
We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time
How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo