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“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you”
― 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
“We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“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
“What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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