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
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow - so arbitrary are these transient laws.
Starvation!" exclaimed the abbe, springing from his seat. "Why, the vilest animals are not suffered to die by such a death as that. The very dogs that wander houseless and homeless in the streets find some pitying hand to cast them a mouthful of bread; and that a man, a Christian, should be allowed to perish of hunger in the midst of other men who call themselves Christians, is too horrible for belief. Oh, it is impossible - utterly impossible!
That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —
The air in Provence is impregnated with the aroma of garlic, which makes it very healthful to breathe.
Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? — why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections — an idea which carries you back to other times, to other places — which, very likely, have no connection with the present time and place.
What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself!
...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
All for one, one for all, that is our device.
If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.
Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy.