“ Life is a chaplet of little miseries which the philosopher counts with a smile. ”
Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers (1844). copy citation
Author | Alexandre Dumas |
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Source | The Three Musketeers |
Topic | misery life |
Date | 1844 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1257/1257-h/1257-h.htm |
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“He may have fallen from his horse, he may have cut a caper from the deck; he may have traveled so fast against the wind as to have brought on a violent catarrh. Eh, gentlemen, let us reckon upon accidents! Life is a chaplet of little miseries which the philosopher counts with a smile. Be philosophers, as I am, gentlemen; sit down at the table and let us drink. Nothing makes the future look so bright as surveying it through a glass of chambertin.”
“That’s all very well,” replied d’Artagnan;”
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