Venti Anni Dopo

“Now an enemy is never so near and consequently so threatening, as when he has completely disappeared.””

— Alexandre Dumas

“His fair landlady was in despair. She would most willingly have made M. d'Artagnan her husband--such a handsome man, and such a fierce mustache!””

— Alexandre Dumas

“I will follow him to hell, and that is saying not a little, as I believe him entirely capable of the descent.””

— Alexandre Dumas

“Women and doors - did I not tell you, friend Porthos, that they are always to be managed by gentleness? - D'Artagnan””

— Alexandre Dumas

“Instruction is good for a child; but example is worth more.””

— Alexandre Dumas

“Follow me. He who lives will see. - D'Artagnan””

— Alexandre Dumas

“Vengeance in bloom shone in her eyes and smiled on her lips.””

— Alexandre Dumas

“My lord,” said D’Artagnan, “Monsieur de Vallon [Porthos] is like me, he prefers service extraordinary”

— Alexandre Dumas

“But imagination has the angel’s or lightning’s wing; it clears seas in which we should certainly have been shipwrecked; it removes the darkness in which our illusions were lost, the precipice where our happiness was engulfed.””

— Alexandre Dumas