Utterly sure of himself, convinced of his power, certain that the laws that governed other men couldn't touch him, he made straight for any goal he set himself, however ratified and dazzling, even if it were folly for anyone else to even consider it.

— Alexandre Dumas

Valentine reposes within the walls of Paris, and to leave Paris is like losing her a second time."" Maximilian," said the count, "the friends that we have lost do not repose in the bosom of the earth, but are buried deep in our hearts, and it has been thus ordained that we may always be accompanied by them.

— Alexandre Dumas

Very well, young man, very well," Greville went on, "I know those airs. I came to Paris with four ecus in my pocket, and I'd have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.

— Alexandre Dumas

We are entitled to violate history, provided that it results in handsome offspring.

— Alexandre Dumas

We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.

— Alexandre Dumas

We said we would be to each other as two voices, who shadows.

— Alexandre Dumas

What would you not have accomplished if you had been free?"" Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect. Compression is needed to explode gunpowder. Captivity has brought my mental faculties to a focus; and you are well aware that from the collision of clouds electricity is produced — from electricity, lightning, from lightning, illumination.

— Alexandre Dumas

When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.

— Alexandre Dumas

Why does a steward steal? He steals because he's not sure if he'll always remain with his master and wants to make his future secure.

— Alexandre Dumas

Woman is sacred the woman one loves is holy.

— Alexandre Dumas