Alexandre Dumas Quotes

“All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.”

“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.”

“One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.”

“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.”

“How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.”

“It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”

“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.”

“The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.”

“Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.”

“Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.”