Alexandre Dumas

10 quotes

French writer whose novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo are among the most widely read adventure stories in world literature.

“Learn ever to separate the king and the principle of royalty. The king is but man ; royalty is the spirit of God . When you are in doubt as to which you should serve, forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle, for this is everything.”

“You are young, and your bitter recollections have time to change themselves into sweet remembrances." Ch. 67: Conclusion.”

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

“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.”

“Ch. 9: D'Artagnan Shows Himself.”

“Tous pour un, un pour tous, c'est notre devise All for one, one for all , that is our motto.”

“* My father was a mulatto , my grandfather was a Negro, and my great”

“Sleeping on a plank has one advantage”

“Ange Pitou , Vol. 1 chapter 7 (1854).”

“Rien ne réussit comme le succès. Nothing succeeds like success .”