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Alexandre Dumas
12 quotes
“Rien ne réussit comme le succès.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) first seen 1854 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ange Pitou, Vol. 1 chapter 7 (1854).
“Sleeping on a plank has one advantage — it encourages early rising.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“* My father was a mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro, and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, Sir, my family starts where yours ends.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tous pour un, un pour tous, c'est notre devise”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Weep," said Athos, "weep, heart full of love, youth, and life! Alas, would I could weep like you!”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You are young, and your bitter recollections have time to change themselves into sweet remembrances.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Eh! sire, that is the fate of truth; she is a stern companion; she bristles all over with steel; she wounds those whom she attacks, and sometimes him who speaks her.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My friend, the pleasures to which we are not accustomed oppress us more than the griefs with which we are familiar.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cherchez la femme, pardieu ! cherchez la femme !”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Il y a une femme dans toutes les affaires ; aussitôt qu'on me fait un rapport, je dis : «Cherchez la femme !»”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source