The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

“I am not proud, but I am happy, and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”

“We are always in a hurry to be happy, M. Danglars; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.

happiness is like the enchanted palaces we read of in our childhood, where fierce, fiery dragons defend the entrance and approach; and monsters of all shapes and kinds, requiring to be overcome ere victory is ours.

All I can say is, that if it be so, ‘tis an ill turn, and well deserves to bring double evil on those who have projected it.”