

“Why, in truth, sir," was Monte Cristo's reply, "man is but an ugly caterpillar for him who studies him through a solar microscope; but you said, I think, that I had nothing else to do. Now, really, let me ask, sir, have you? — do you believe you have anything to do? or to speak in plain terms, do you really think that what you do deserves being called anything?”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo

“Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo

“I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange — ”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo

“Yes; I am a supercargo; pen, ink, and paper are my tools, and without my tools I am fit for nothing.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo

“and I will say to you, rude as it may seem, `My brother, you sacrifice greatly to pride; you may be above others, but above you there is God.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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