The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled Pomegue, and approached the harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but so slowly and sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the forerunner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could have happened on board. However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
Alexandre DumasYou instinctively display the greatest virtue, or rather the chief defect, of us eccentric Parisians- that is, you assume the vices you have not, and conceal the virtues you possess.
Alexandre DumasTag: virtue
Sometimes salvation is found in agony.
Alexandre DumasTag: suffering salvation repentance
You're not worried about anything, are you?" said Danglers. "It seems to me everything's going perfectly for you."
"That's exactly what worries me," replied Dantes. "I don't think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
Tag: happiness
No ho l'uniforme, ma ho lo spirito. Il mio cuore è moschettiere e mi trascina.
Alexandre DumasDove troverete, ditemi, un amore simile al mio, un amore che né il tempo, né la lontananza, né la disperazione possono spegnere; un amore che si accontenta di un nastro smarrito, di uno sguardo perduto, di una parola sfuggita?
Alexandre DumasInsensato! disse. "Dovevo strapparmi il cuore il giorno in cui decisi di vendicarmi!
Alexandre DumasComenzó por recurrir al orgullo, que es una consecuencia de la esperanza y un íntimo convencimiento de la propia inocencia; después dudó de su inocencia, lo que no dejaba de justificar un tanto las suposiciones de locura del gobernador, y por último cayó del pedestal de su orgullo, y no para implorar a Dios, sino a los hombres. Dios es el último recurso. El desgraciado que debería comenzar por él, no llega a implorarle sino después de haber agotado todas sus esperanzas
Alexandre Dumasto seek a quarrel with a man is a bad method of pleasing the woman who loves that man.
Alexandre DumasTag: love lessons-for-man
Pooh! Women say those things, but never do them.
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