Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas, père, was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas'...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 July 1802
CityVillers-Cotterets, France
It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
Wait, and hope" (The Count of Monte Cristo)
Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
Be kind, aim for my heart.
No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo
Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
So rapid is the flight of dreams upon the wings of imagination.