Alexandre Dumas Quotes - Page 3

To save a man and thereby to spare a father's agony and a mother's feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.

Oh, mankind, race of crocodiles! How well I recognize you down there, and how worthy you are of yourselves!

There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.

Friendship throws out deep roots in honest hearts, D'Artagnan. Believe me, it is only the evil-minded who deny friendship; they cannot understand it.

Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.

Misfortune is needed to plumb certain mysterious depths in the understanding of men; pressure is needed to explode the charge. My captivity concentrated all my faculties on a single point.