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17 quotes by Alexandre Dumas

French literature by category French literary history Medieval Renaissance 17th 18th 19th 20th century Contemporary French writers Chronological list Writers by category Essayists Novelists Playwrights Poets Short story writers Portals France French language Literature French/Francophone literature v t e Alexandre Dumas (French: [a.lɛk.sɑ dʁ dy.ma], born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie [dy.ma da.vi də la pa.jə.tʁi]; 24 July 1802 – 5 December...
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All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.

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

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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... →

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

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Nothing succeeds like success.

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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.

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

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

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

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All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

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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... →

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

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