Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- "Wait and hope"?
Alexandre DumasFor the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.
Alexandre DumasYet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.
Alexandre DumasWhat would you not have accomplished if you had been free?" "Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect. Compression is needed to explode gunpowder. Captivity has brought my mental faculties to a focus; and you are well aware that from the collision of clouds electricity is produced — from electricity, lightning, from lightning, illumination.
Alexandre Dumas