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.
("The Count of Monte Cristo")
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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There are people who are willing to suffer and swallow their tears at leisure, and God will not doubt reward them in heaven for their resignation; but those who have the will to struggle strike back at fate in retaliation for the blows they receive. Do you intend to fight back at fate, Valentine? That's what I came here to ask you.
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One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.
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Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.
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It was clear that Mme Danglars was suffering from one of those nervous irritations which women are often unable to explain even to themselves.
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