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About Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was a French writer. Though he is best known as a novelist, he started his career by writing Plays.
His Highlights
"The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers", "The Knight of Sainte-Hermine".
His Legacy
His work has been translated into 100 languages. He is one of the most important French and European authors of all time.
His Personal Life
He was married to actress Ida Ferrier, but he had at least 40 affairs and 4 children by his other relationships.
Fun Facts
To a man who insulted him about his African ancestry, he responded: "My father was a mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, Sir, my family starts where yours ends".
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Famous quotes by Alexandre Dumas
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.Alexandre Dumas
All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope.Alexandre Dumas
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.Alexandre Dumas
He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when some one tapped gently at his door.Alexandre Dumas
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.Alexandre Dumas
Nothing succeeds like success.Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas' Popularity
Alexandre Dumas was a famous French writer, who was born on July 24, 1802. As a person born on this date, Alexandre Dumas is listed in our database as the 6th most popular celebrity for the day (July 24) and the 1st most popular for the year (1802).
People born on July 24 fall under the Zodiac sign of Leo, the Lion. Alexandre Dumas is the 152nd most popular Leo.
Aside from information specific to Alexandre Dumas' birthday, Alexandre Dumas is the 5th most famous French.
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