Quotes About Edmond Dantes

#1. The sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and hope." ~Edmond Dantes

Alexandre Dumas

#2. Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God.
Abbe Faria: That doesn't matter, He believes in you ...

Alexandre Dumas

#3. Abbe Faria: Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, Vengeance is mine.
Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God.
Abbe Faria: It doesn't matter. He believes in you.

Alexandre Dumas

#4. Yes; but one gets out of prison," said Caderousse, who, with what sense was left him, listened eagerly to the conversation, "and when one gets out and one's name is Edmond Dantes, one seeks revenge

Alexandre Dumas

#5. The work requires a moderately large investment in technological and theoretical developments and long periods of time to carry them out, without the pressure to achieve quick or short term results.

Aaron Klug

#6. Keep the good memories and throw out the bad ones

Norhafsah Hamid

#7. It's sobering to contemplate how much time, effort, sacrifice, compromise, and attention we give to acquiring and increasing our supply of something that is totally insignificant in eternity.

Anne Graham Lotz

#8. He always had been.

Lee Child

#9. He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow, with black eyes, and hair as dark as the raven's wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.

Alexandre Dumas

#10. She is not my mistress,' replied the young sailor gravely, 'she is my betrothed.'

'Sometimes one and the same thing,' said Morrel, with a smile.

'Not with us, sir,' replied Dantes.

Alexandre Dumas

#11. The only way to be sure is to go out and test your ideas and programmes, and to realise that you will often be wrong. But that is not a bad thing. It leads to progress. This

Matthew Syed

#12. A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.

John Muir

#13. Everyone knows I'm black. I am who I am. This is the person that Lester Sr. and June Holt raised, and I make no apology for it. At the same time, I'm never going to pull a race card to get what I want. You can't have it both ways.

Lester Holt

#14. A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.

Alexandre Dumas

#15. A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#16. The meaning of life is that nobody knows the meaning of life.

Woody Allen

#17. You will never be stylish if you don't take risks.

Rihanna

#18. Free markets. What does this system mean? The answer is simple: it is the market economy, it is the system in which the cooperation of individuals in the social division of labor is achieved by the market.

Ludwig Von Mises

#19. A classic unspoken agreement among escapees from a small town: don't look back, don't be each other's anchors, no nostalgia.

China Mieville

#20. Actually, he said Mr. Shawn 'cause he knows better.

Shawn Michaels