

“Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo

“I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo

“The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo

“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo

“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 it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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