Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look in the storm's eye, and not flinch.
— Alexandre Dumas Modern

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From 'The Count of Monte Cristo'.

Date / Period

1844

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Controversial

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1184/1184-h/1184-h.htm

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Confirmed

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