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The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas Original title Les Trois Mousquetaires (French, 1844)

The Three Musketeers is a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas.


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“All for one, one for all, that is our motto.”

Tous pour un, un pour tous, c'est notre devise
Variant: All for one and one for all.
Source: The Three Musketeers (1844), Ch. 9: D'Artagnan Shows Himself.

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“Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.”

Variant: Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.
Source: The Three Musketeers

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“Be kind, aim for my heart.”

Source: The Three Musketeers

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“In general, people only ask for advice that they may not follow it; or, if they should follow it, that they may have somebody to blame for having given it.”

Variant: 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.
Source: The Three Musketeers

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“It is only the dead who do not return.”

Source: The Three Musketeers

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“Love is the most selfish of all the passions.”

Source: The Three Musketeers

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