Alexandre Dumas starší citátov

„Láska zmenšuje nežnosť ženy. Mužovi zväčšuje.“

—  Alexandre Dumas starší

Prisudzované výroky

„Koho v láske sklamú, ten je vždy vinný.“

—  Alexandre Dumas starší

Prisudzované výroky

„Milovať je múdra činnosť, ale zamilovať sa je hlúpy stav.“

—  Alexandre Dumas starší

Prisudzované výroky

„Láska povzbudzuje k veľkým dielam, ale bráni nám ich dokončiť.“

—  Alexandre Dumas starší

Prisudzované výroky

„Emancipácia ženy je meradlom emancipácie celej spoločnosti.“

—  Alexandre Dumas starší

„Láska bez úcty nemôže dôjsť ďaleko, ani vzlietnuť vysoko. Je to jednokrídly anjel.“

—  Alexandre Dumas starší

Prisudzované výroky

„Women are never so strong as after their defeat.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois

Zdroj: Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois

„On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Zdroj: The Count of Monte Cristo

„I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Zdroj: The Count of Monte Cristo

„Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Three Musketeers

Zdroj: The Three Musketeers

„Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Zdroj: The Count of Monte Cristo

„Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Zdroj: The Count of Monte Cristo

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

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Zdroj: The Count of Monte Cristo

„Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.“

—  Alexandre Dumas

„All human wisdom is contained in these words: Wait and hope!“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Also: Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,— "Wait and hope".
Chapter 117 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/Chapter_117
Varianta: All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope
Zdroj: The Count of Monte Cristo (1845–1846)

„How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Zdroj: The Count of Monte Cristo

„The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Zdroj: The Count of Monte Cristo

„For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Zdroj: The Count of Monte Cristo

„Memory makes the one, philosophy the other.“

—  Alexandre Dumas, kniha The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 17 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/Chapter_17
The Count of Monte Cristo (1845–1846)
Kontext: "You must teach me a small part of what you know," said Dantes, "if only to prevent your growing weary of me. I can well believe] that so learned a person as yourself would prefer absolute [[solitude to being tormented with the company of one as ignorant and uninformed as myself. If you will only agree to my request, I promise you never to mention another word about escaping." The abbe smiled. "Alas, my boy," said he, "human knowledge is confined within very narrow limits; and when I have taught you mathematics, physics, history, and the three or four modern languages with which I am acquainted, you will know as much as I do myself. Now, it will scarcely require two years for me to communicate to you the stock of learning I possess."
"Two years!" exclaimed Dantes; "do you really believe I can acquire all these things in so short a time?"
"Not their application, certainly, but their principles you may; to learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other."