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Quotation from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
“I say that love is a lottery in which he who wins, wins death!”
The Three Musketeers, Chapter XXVII, The Wife of Athos, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation
In the Amiens inn, before telling the story of his marriage, Athos tells d'Artagnan he is lucky to have lost Constance.
Citation: "I say that love is a lottery in which he who wins, wins death!" — Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, Chapter XXVII, The Wife of Athos, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation. (id the-three-musketeers-q4)
Portrait: Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870), Nadar, Public domain.
