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All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.

~Alexandre Dumas

Topics: Hope Human Two Up Wait Wisdom Words

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Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

~Alexandre Dumas

Topics: Bliss Capable Despair Feeling Felt Man Only Ultimate Who

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Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

~Alexandre Dumas

Topics: Conquer Dragons Fairy Fairy Tales Fight Gates Guarded Happiness Like Must Order Palaces Tales Those Whose

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Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.

~Alexandre Dumas

Topics: Cannot Door Dwell Exit Former Latter Love Makes Pure Pure Love Suspicion Together Where

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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

~Alexandre Dumas

Topics: Children Does Education How Intelligent Little Little Children Men Must Stupid

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It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.

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Topics: Death Good How Know Live Order Wished

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Nothing succeeds like success.

~Alexandre Dumas

Topics: Like Nothing Succeeds Success

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

~Alexandre Dumas

Topics: Condemned God He Himself Inflicted Life Live Men Suddenly Were Which Would

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All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

~Alexandre Dumas

Topics: Dangerous Even Generalizations

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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

~Alexandre Dumas

Topics: Against Arms Bear Being Certain Convinced Doubts Enemies Failure First He Himself His Like Makes Man Person Ranks Who Would

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Dramatist

Born: July 24th, 1802

Died: December 5th, 1870

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