The greater number of a man's errors come before him disguised under the specious form of necessity; then, after error has been committed in a moment of excitement, of delirium, or of fear, we see tha...
You instinctively display the greatest virtue, or rather the chief defect, of us eccentric Parisians- that is, you assume the vices you have not, and conceal the virtues you possess.
To be loved by a pure young girl, to be the first to reveal to her the strange mystery of love, is indeed a great happiness, but it is the simplest thing in the world. To take captive a heart which ha...
Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail...
Return to the world still more brilliant because of your former sorrows.
Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
Misfortune does not help us to believe.
Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
It is the infirmity of our nature always to believe ourselves much more unhappy than those who groan by our sides!
I maintain my pride in the face of men, but I abandon it before God, who drew me out of nothingness to make me what I am.
I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
He has not recovered the blow? said he to Athos.He is struck to death.Oh! your fears exaggerate, I hope. Raoul is of a tempered nature. Around all hearts as noble as his, there is a second envelope th...
Happiness even makes the wicked good.
Celui-la seul qui a eprouve l'extreme infortune est apte a ressentir l'extreme felicite. Il faut avoir voulu mourir pour savoir combien el est bon de vivre.
But excessive grief is like a storm at sea, where the frail bark is tossed from the depths to the top of the wave.
Моите мечти нямат граници - аз винаги искам невъзможното.
Very well, young man, very well, Treville 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.
Rien n'est plus courageux qu'un cœur patient.
One must ask for death to know how good it is to live
Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!