The Count of Monte Cristo Quotes

“the friends that we have lost do not repose in the bosom of the earth, but are buried deep in our hearts, and it has been thus ordained that we may always be accompanied by them.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:friendshiploss

“I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our debts of honor paid.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:world

“There are some situations which men understand by instinct, but which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:reasonsorrow

“I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper, than of a sword or pistol.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:writing

“Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,—'Wait and hope.'”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:hopelivingwaiting

“The heart breaks when, after having been elated by flattering hopes, it sees all its illusions destroyed.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:hope

“At your age we have faith in life; it is the privilege of youth to believe and hope, but old men see death more clearly.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:hopeyouthfaith

“Nothing is ever so firmly impressed on the mind as the memory of our early childhood”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:memory

“It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:darknesssoulweakness

“If one's lot is cast among fools, it is necessary to study folly.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:madnessfoolishness