Alexandre Dumas

misfortune is needed to plumb certain mysterious depths in the understanding of men; pressure is needed to explode the charge. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#men

No hace falta conocer el peligro para tener miedo; de hecho, los peligros desconocidos son los que inspiran más temor. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#inspirational

He who has a partner has a master. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#partnership #marriage

Death is the only serious preoccupation in life. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#mortality #death

C’est que l’on a souvent pour ennemis des gens qu’on voudrait avoir pour amis. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#loyalty #treachery #friendship

to seek a quarrel with a man is a bad method of pleasing the woman who loves that man. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#love #love

We must never look for discretion in first love. First love is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless this joy be allowed to overflow, it will stifle you. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#love

Un homme de cinquante ans ne tient pas longtemps rancune à une femme de vingt-trois. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#male-female-relationships #relationship

I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#i #imbeciles #prefer #rest #rogues

It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#always #boy #girl #little #little girl