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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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“The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.”

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Source: The Three Musketeers

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“Eh, gentlemen, let us reckon upon accidents! Life is a chaplet of little miseries which the philosopher counts with a smile. Be philosophers, as I am, gentlemen; sit down at the table and let us drink. Nothing makes the future look so bright as surveying it through a glass of chambertin.”

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Athos, Ch. 48: A Family Affair.
The Three Musketeers (1844)

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“Weep," said Athos, "weep, heart full of love, youth, and life! Alas, would I could weep like you!”

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Source: The Three Musketeers (1844), Ch. 63: The Drop of Water.

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“You are young, and your bitter recollections have time to change themselves into sweet remembrances.”

Alexandre Dumas book The Three Musketeers

Source: The Three Musketeers (1844), Ch. 67: Conclusion.