“ Men are so made; and we are not always twenty years old. ”
Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After (1845). copy citation
| Author | Alexandre Dumas |
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| Source | Twenty Years After |
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| Date | 1845 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1259/pg1259-images.html |
Context
“Aramis, you think that D’Artagnan, that Porthos, would lend their hands to such an infamy?”
“Among friends, my dear Athos, no, you are right; but among enemies it would be only a stratagem.”
Athos crossed his arms and bowed his noble head.
“What can you expect, Athos? Men are so made; and we are not always twenty years old. We have cruelly wounded, as you know, that personal pride by which D’Artagnan is blindly governed. He has been beaten. Did you not observe his despair on the journey? As to Porthos, his barony was perhaps dependent on that affair.”
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