There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good life is to
Tag: Alexandre Dumas
Until divinity decides to reveal the future to human kind, the sum of all human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.
A husband is always a sensible man; he never thinks of marrying.
It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.