Creative Quotations from Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Alexandre Dumas, père
(1802-1870) born on Jul 24

French novelist, dramatist. He published almost 300 books with a "factory" of collaborators, e.g., "The Three Musketeers," 1844.

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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate.

No matter how hardened to danger a man may be, he always realizes from the pounding of his heart and the shivering of his flesh, the enormous difference there is between a dream and reality, between a plan and its execution.

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words -- wait and hope.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	In "My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget," by Dorothy Winbush Riley, 1995.
R:	"My Memoirrs," 1826.
A:	"The Count of Monte Cristo," 1844.
N:	"The Count of Monte Cristo," 1844.
K:	"The Count of Monte Cristo," 1844.