Alexandre Dumas: Citations en anglais (Page 3)

“Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!”

“Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.”

“I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.”

“I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.”

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

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

“D’Artagnan: Why is Athos sitting by himself?
Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry, he’ll be his usual charming self by morning.”

“Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because sometimes they take a rest.”

“True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.”

“… but my friends call me Edmund Dantes.”

“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.”

“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.”

“A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.”

“And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude… I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.”

“So rapid is the flight of dreams upon the wings of imagination.”

“Be kind, aim for my heart.”

“Haste is a poor counselor”

“There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.”

“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 failures certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.”