Excitement, like enthusiasm, sometimes renders us unconscious to the things of earth.
Alexandre Dumas
Enthusiastic Excitement, Earthly Disconnection, Unconscious Joy, Passionate Focus, Emotional High, Intense Feelings
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More Alexandre Dumas Quotes
“He condemned these unknown persecutors to the most horrible tortures he could imagine, but found them all insufficient, because after the torture came death, and after death, if not repose, at least that insensibility that resembles it.” Alexandre Dumas
Horrible Torture, Persecutors Fate, Imagined Pain, Torture, Fate, Pain
Alexandre Dumas Horrible Torture, Persecutors Fate, Imagined Pain, Torture, Fate, Pain“Then, casting a glance on the handsome young man, who was scarcely twenty-five years of age, and whom he was leaving in his gore, deprived of sense and perhaps dead, he gave a sigh for that unaccountable destiny which leads men to destroy each other for the interests of people who are strangers to them and who often do not even know that they exist.” Alexandre Dumas
Unaccountable Destiny, Destructive Interests, Bloodshed’s Tragedy, War, Injustice, Futility
Alexandre Dumas Unaccountable Destiny, Destructive Interests, Bloodshed’s Tragedy, War, Injustice, Futility“Like all primitive natures, she adored everything that appealed to her eyes and her ears.” Alexandre Dumas
Sensory Attraction, Primitive Adoration, Eyes And Ears, Attraction, Adoration, Primitive
Alexandre Dumas Sensory Attraction, Primitive Adoration, Eyes And Ears, Attraction, Adoration, Primitive“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.” Alexandre Dumas
Grief Happiness, Supreme Experience, Life Enjoyments, Happiness, Grief, Life
Alexandre Dumas Grief Happiness, Supreme Experience, Life Enjoyments, Happiness, Grief, Life“D’Artagnan was amazed to note by what fragile and unknown threads the destinies of nations and the lives of men are suspended.” Alexandre Dumas
Destinies Suspended, Fragile Threads, Nation’s Fate, Unknown Links, Life’s Fragility, Surprising Realizations
Alexandre Dumas Destinies Suspended, Fragile Threads, Nation’s Fate, Unknown Links, Life’s Fragility, Surprising Realizations“Be Kind, Aim For My Heart.” Alexandre Dumas
Kindness Appeal, Heart’s Target, Emotional Vulnerability, Be Kind, Aim, Heart
Alexandre Dumas Kindness Appeal, Heart’s Target, Emotional Vulnerability, Be Kind, Aim, Heart“The heart breaks when it has swelled too much in the warm breath of hope, then finds itself enclosed in cold reality.” Alexandre Dumas
Hope Shattered, Cold Reality, Heart Breaks, Heart, Hope, Reality
Alexandre Dumas Hope Shattered, Cold Reality, Heart Breaks, Heart, Hope, Reality“Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.” Alexandre Dumas
Language Mastery, Remarkable Opportunities, Communication Skills, Knowledge, Power, Opportunities
Alexandre Dumas Language Mastery, Remarkable Opportunities, Communication Skills, Knowledge, Power, Opportunities“You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.” Alexandre Dumas
Scholarly Suspicion, Superstitious Beliefs, Accusing Intellectuals, Scholar’s Critique, Devil, Suspicion
Alexandre Dumas Scholarly Suspicion, Superstitious Beliefs, Accusing Intellectuals, Scholar’s Critique, Devil, Suspicion“Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.” Alexandre Dumas
Bitter Memories, Sweet Transformation, Time’s Healing, Hope, Reflection, Positivity
Alexandre Dumas Bitter Memories, Sweet Transformation, Time’s Healing, Hope, Reflection, Positivity“In all well-organised brains, the predominating idea – and there always is one – is sure to be the last thought before sleeping, and the first upon waking in the morning. Andrea had scarcely opened his eyes when his predominating idea presented itself, and whispered in his ear that he had slept too long.” Alexandre Dumas
Dominant Thoughts, Organised Mind, Ideas At Dawn, Predominance, Thoughts, Mind
Alexandre Dumas Dominant Thoughts, Organised Mind, Ideas At Dawn, Predominance, Thoughts, Mind“Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.” Alexandre Dumas
Fairy Tale Happiness, Dragon Guard, Conquer Joy, Struggle, Determination, Hope
Alexandre Dumas Fairy Tale Happiness, Dragon Guard, Conquer Joy, Struggle, Determination, Hope“In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.” Alexandre Dumas
Business Relationships, No Friends, Professional Distance, Work Priorities, Networking, Reality
Alexandre Dumas Business Relationships, No Friends, Professional Distance, Work Priorities, Networking, Reality“One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.” Alexandre Dumas
Hurrying Happiness, Suffering Impact, Painful Belief, Emotional Healing, Finding Joy, Life’s Journey
Alexandre Dumas Hurrying Happiness, Suffering Impact, Painful Belief, Emotional Healing, Finding Joy, Life’s Journey“A young man – we can sketch his portrait at a dash. Imagine to yourself a Don Quixote of eighteen; a Don Quixote without his corselet, without his coat of mail, without his cuisses; a Don Quixote clothed in a woolen doublet, the blue color of which had faded into a nameless shade between lees of wine and a heavenly azure; face long and brown;.” Alexandre Dumas
Quixotic Youth, Faded Appearance, Idealistic Spirit, Youth, Idealism, Simplicity
Alexandre Dumas Quixotic Youth, Faded Appearance, Idealistic Spirit, Youth, Idealism, Simplicity“Tis strange that it should be among such men that we find proofs of friendship and devotion.” Alexandre Dumas
Friendship Devotion, Men Strange, Proofs Found, Friendship, Devotion, Men
Alexandre Dumas Friendship Devotion, Men Strange, Proofs Found, Friendship, Devotion, Men“Is not a day divided into twenty-four hours, each hour into sixty minutes, and every minute sub-divided into sixty seconds? Now in 86,400 seconds many things can be done.” Alexandre Dumas
Day’s Time, Time Division, Productivity Maximization, Counting Seconds, Time Philosophy, Life’s Minutes
Alexandre Dumas Day’s Time, Time Division, Productivity Maximization, Counting Seconds, Time Philosophy, Life’s Minutes“You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.” Alexandre Dumas
Subtle Insult, Social Commentary, Polite Sarcasm, Amiable Nature, Personal Boundaries, Witty Humor
Alexandre Dumas Subtle Insult, Social Commentary, Polite Sarcasm, Amiable Nature, Personal Boundaries, Witty Humor