Alexandre Dumas
French Novelist and Playwright
| Date of Birth | : | 24 Jul, 1802 |
| Date of Death | : | 05 Dec, 1870 |
| Place of Birth | : | Villers-Cotterêts, France |
| Profession | : | Novelist, Playwright |
| Nationality | : | French |
Alexandre Dumas also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright.
His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. Since the early 20th century, his novels have been adapted into nearly 200 films. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris.
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Total 21 Quotes
The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.
God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.
