Edmond Dantès

Character in The Count of Monte Cristo From: The Count of Monte Cristo

Protagonist; wrongly imprisoned sailor who becomes the Count of Monte Cristo

410 quotes

"Betrayal is a weapon of the weak."
Courage
"I have learned that man is not born to happiness."
Life
"Misanthropy is not born with man."
Philosophy
"God has granted me the power to punish; I will use it."
Power
"The dead alone do not return."
Death
"Hope is a cruel mistress."
Hope
"Fate shuffles the cards, but we play the hand."
"I will not be the instrument of divine vengeance."
"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another."
Happiness
"I am not come to punish, but to punish myself."
Justice
"I have gained what I sought; but I have paid the price for it."
Success
"Do you believe in fate?"
Philosophy
"I have resolved to wait and hope."
Hope
"I am neither king nor emperor, but something far greater—I am a man who has conquered his fate."
Power
"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life."
Hope
"We must learn to accept that some doors, once closed, are meant to stay closed."
"Money is a powerful tool, but a dangerous master."
Money
"The past torments us only if we allow it to."
Wisdom
"Freedom is the greatest gift, but also the heaviest burden."
Freedom
"In the darkness of despair, hope is the only light."
Hope
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."
Courage
"Dreams sustained me when reality would have broken me."
Dreams
"A man must become his own judge and executioner."
Justice
"Wait and hope."
Hope
"How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure."
"I have resolved to accomplish my destiny."
"Vengeance is a dish that is best served cold."
Justice
"Poverty has been my companion in my youth, and now poverty must be banished from my side."
Success
"My past is dead; I am born anew."
Change
"Prison has taught me patience."
Patience