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“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
“All human wisdom is contained in these two words--"Wait and Hope.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“...remember that what has once been done may be done again.”
― 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
“Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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