Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.
Source: In The Book of Success, ed. Richard Shea, 1993.
-- Alexandre Dumas, fils, (Jul 27 1824-1895), French dramatist; He wrote La Dam aux Camelias, 1852 which became the basis of an opera by Verdi.