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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

Alexandre Dumas
Happiness, Grief, Feelings
Alexandre Dumas (2016). “ALEXANDRE DUMAS Premium Collection – 27 Novels in One Volume: The Three Musketeers Series, The Marie Antoinette Novels, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Valois Trilogy and more (Illustrated): Historical Novels & Adventure Classics: Queen Margot, Taking the Bastille, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Sicilian Bandit, The Conspirators, The Hero of the People, The Queen’s Necklace…”, p.7307, e-artnow

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

Alexandre Dumas
Sad, Men, Feelings
"Fictional character: Edmond Dantes". "The Count of Monte Cristo", January 23, 2002.

In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas — no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.

Alexandre Dumas
Men, Ideas, Feelings
Alexandre Dumas (2013). “Delphi Works of Alexandre Dumas (Illustrated)”, p.3140, Delphi Classics

I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —

Alexandre Dumas
Feelings, Despair, Jest
Alexandre Dumas (1997). “The Count of Monte Cristo”, p.191, Wordsworth Editions

...for, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman's nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the maternal breast, and that is where a dearly-beloved child is concerned.

Alexandre Dumas
Children, Feelings, May
Alexandre Dumas (1846). “The Count of Monte-Cristo”, p.38

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