All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.

Quote by Alexandre Dumas

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Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the...

Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the...

All for one, one for all, that is our device.

All for one, one for all, that is our device.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.

I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a...

It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a...

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of...

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of...

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or...

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or...

He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this...

He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this...

All for one and one for all.

All for one and one for all.

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must...

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must...

All for one, one for all.

All for one, one for all.

It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class...

It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class...

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working...

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working...

Nothing succeeds like success.

Nothing succeeds like success.