32 Quotes by Alexandre Dumas-fils

Love without esteem cannot go far or reach high. It is an angel with only one wing.

The child is small, and he includes the man; the brain is narrow, and it harbours thought; the eye is but a point, and it covers leagues.

We must have done something very wicked before we were born, or else we must be going to be very happy indeed when we are dead, for God to let this life have all the tortures of expiation and all the sorrows of an ordeal.

We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down.

Memory is a paradise out of which fate cannot drive us.

Les femmes sont impitoyables avec les gens qu’elles n’aiment pas.

How one realizes the shortness of life by the rapidity of sensations! I have only known Marguerite for two days, she has only been my mistress since yesterday, and she has already so completely absorbed my thoughts, my heart, and my life.

Les hommes ont la rage de vouloir apprendre ce qui doit leur faire de la peine.

The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the best that turns to the worst.