the greater number of a man's errors come before him disguised under the specious form of necessity; then, after error has been committed in a moment of excitement, of delirium, or of fear, we see that we might have avoided and escaped it.

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Alexandre Dumas was a 19th-century French writer and dramatist. Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia →

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