Alexandre Dumas quotes on the-count-of-monte-cristo

Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.

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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.

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And now,' said the unknown, 'farewell kindness, humanity, and gratitude! Farewell to all the feelings that expand the heart! I have been heaven's substitute to recompense the good - now the god of vengeance yields to me his power to punish the wicked!

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Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.

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