Passion quote

Passion blinds the most correct minds. 

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 

Passion quote 

Fortune quote

In the eyes of the world a large fortune covers all defects.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 

Quote about large fortune 

Leading society to perfection

What is the use of time, encouragements, medals, crosses, and Monthyon prizes, if they do not lead society towards perfection. Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy, like God; he does know hot to destroy, and that is half way on the road. 

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 

Real happiness of life

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 estimate the value of a clear and serene sky. 

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 

 Quote about real happiness of life

Youth quote

Youth is a flower of which love is the fruit; happy is he who, after having watched its silent growth, is permitted to call it his own.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 

Quote about youth

Think well of yourself

Pretend to think well of yourself and the world will think well of you.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 

    Think well of yourself

Deed of humanity

To save a man, to spare a father`s feelings or a mother`s sensibility, is not to do a good action but a simple deed of humanity.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 

  duty of humanity quote

Quote about great criminals

Great criminals bear about them a kind of predestination which makes them surmount all obstacles, which makes them escape all dangers, till the moment which a wearied Providence has marked as the rock of their impious fortunes.

The three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 

Quote about great criminals 

Revenge is an awkward passion

Beware !  Revenge is an awkward passion to indulge in; they who employ it find it a double-edged weapon, which, in the recoil, frequently wounds the hand that wields it.

The three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 

Revenge is an awkward passion 

Time quote

Nothing makes time pass more quickly or more shortens a journey than a thought which absorbs in itself all the faculties of the organisation of him who thinks. The external existence then resembles a sleep of which this thought is the dream. By its influence, time has no longer measure, space has no longer distance. We depart from one place and arrive at another – that is all. Of the interval passed through, nothing remains in the memory but a vague mist in which a thousand confuse images of trees, mountains, and landscapes are lost. 

The three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 

Quote about fake people

A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the same sort of tears as fall from the eyes of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask, and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.

The three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 

Quote about fake people 

First love quote

We must never look for discretion in first love. First love is accompanied by such excessive joy, that unless this joy be allowed to overflow, it will stifle you.

The three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 

First love quote 

Love is selfish

Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

The three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 

Love is selfish quote 

Bravery quote

Bravery is always respected, even in an enemy.

The three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 

Bravery quote