Alexandre Dumas Quotes

Alexandre Dumas was a French writer known for his historical novels, including "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo." Dumas' works are characterized by their adventurous plots, vivid characters, and themes of honor, justice, and revenge. His novels have had a significant impact on literature and have been adapted into numerous films and stage productions. Dumas' storytelling prowess and literary contributions have made him one of the most celebrated authors in history.

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometim... -Alexandre Dumas

I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.

He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when some one tapped gently at his door.

Nothing succeeds like success.... -Alexandre Dumas

Nothing succeeds like success.

Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's m... -Alexandre Dumas

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

All for one, one for all, that is our device.... -Alexandre Dumas

All for one, one for all, that is our device.

If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capabl... -Alexandre Dumas

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait a... -Alexandre Dumas

All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.

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.

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.... -Alexandre Dumas

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

It is necessary to have wished for death in order ... -Alexandre Dumas

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

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.

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