Life Quotes Quote by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.”

“Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.”

““So, preferring death to capture, I accomplished the most astonishing deeds, and which, more then once, showed me that the too great care we take of our bodies is the only obstacle to the sucess of those projects which require rapid decision, and vigorous and determined execution.”

“When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.”

“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 realize the blessings of fair weather.”

“I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go.”

“I am not my body. My body is nothing without me.”

“Life isn’t about what you get, it’s about what you DO with what you get.”

“We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.”

“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”

““If you're afraid of everyone leaving you, what do you do?"”