Alexandre Dumas quote about hope from The Count of Monte Cristo - The heart breaks when, after having been elated by flattering hopes, it sees all its illusions destroyed.
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The heart breaks when, after having been elated by flattering hopes, it sees all its illusions destroyed.
 Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1845). copy citation

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“Dantès turned pale, hesitated, and reflected.
«Come,» said he to himself, «be a man. I am accustomed to adversity. I must not be cast down by the discovery that I have been deceived. What, then, would be the use of all I have suffered? The heart breaks when, after having been elated by flattering hopes, it sees all its illusions destroyed. Faria has dreamed this; the Cardinal Spada buried no treasure here; perhaps he never came here, or if he did, Cæsar Borgia, the intrepid adventurer, the stealthy and indefatigable plunderer, has followed him, discovered his traces, pursued them as I have done, raised the stone, and descending before me, has left me nothing.»” source
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