But man - man, who God created in his own image - man, upon whom God has laid his first, his sole commandment, to love his neighbour - man, to whom God has given a voice to express his thoughts - what is his first cry when he hears his fellowman is saved? A blasphemy. The Count of Monte Cristo (Fiction, 1844, 1374 pages) This title is not on Your Bookshelf. Lead two sheep to the butcher's, two oxen to the slaughterhouse, and make one of them understand that his companion will not die the sheep will bleat for pleasure, the ox will bellow with joy. Famous Quotes-The Quotations Page Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo Table of Contents. Do you know what gave him strength? - do you know what consoled him? It was, that another partook of his punishment - that another partook of his anguish - that another was to die before him. The Count of Monte Cristo quotes: the most famous and inspiring quotes from The Count of Monte Cristo. Here is a man who had resigned himself to his fate, who was going to the scaffold to die - like a coward, it is true, but he was about to die without resistance.
Because it has instilled a new passion in your heartthat of vengeance. Filmed countless times before, the story is revitalized by director Kevin Reynolds (rallying after Waterworld) and screenwriter Jay Wolpert, who wisely avoid the action-movie anachronisms. 01 Share I regret now, said he, having helped you in your late inquiries, or having given you the information I did. There, there’ said Monte Cristo as, wrapping both arms around the count, he leaned with him over the front of the box, just as Haydée, whose eyes were occupied in examining the theatre in search of the count, saw his pale marble features. At this point in the story, Monte Cristo believes himself to be God’s instrument of. Revenge rarely gets sweeter than it does in The Count of Monte Cristo, a rousing, impeccably crafted adaptation of Alexandre Dumas pères literary classic. ‘The young person you allude to is a poor unfortunate Greek left under my care. He doomed these unknown men to every torment that his inflamed imagination could devise, while still considering that the most frightful were too mild and, above all, too brief for them: torture. He decided it was human hatred and not divine vengeance that had plunged him into this abyss. Monte Cristo admits to playing God with people’s lives, including Benedetto’s, as he literally reserved Benedetto’s life in order to work vengeance on Villefort. 24 of the best book quotes from Edmond Dantes. Look, look,' cried the count, seizing the young man's hands - look, for on my soul it is curious. The all-wise Providence he refers to in this quote represents both God and himself.
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