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

Quote by Alexandre Dumas

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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.

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...

The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the...

The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the...

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 and one for all.

All for one and one for all.

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...

All for one, one for all.

All for one, one for all.

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...

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

From the very beginning, and throughout the ages, He is the Lord and Master of...

From the very beginning, and throughout the ages, He is the Lord and Master of...

Try to keep as many of your girlfriends as possible even when you have a...

Try to keep as many of your girlfriends as possible even when you have a...

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give...

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give...

Socialism is workable only in heaven where it isn't needed, and in hell where they've...

Socialism is workable only in heaven where it isn't needed, and in hell where they've...