More quotes by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

"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."
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"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 planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather."
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"I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol."
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"Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth."
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"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 planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather."
— Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo Read More