Quotes by Alfred de Musset

About Alfred de Musset:

Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay is known for writing La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century, autobiographical) from 1836.
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Alas, everything that men say to one another is alike; the ideas they exchange are almost always the same, in their conversation. But inside all those isolated machines, what hidden recesses, what secret compartments! It is an entire world that each ...

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The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer

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Look at the sun! It’s dry, it’s dead, it needs a drink, it wants blood! And I’ll give it blood!

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Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest

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Is is true that dictators never dream because they can change their smallest fantasies into realities if they want to?

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There are temptations more attractive than angels. Liberty, Patriotism, the good of humanity – words like that are the silver scales of the Tempter’s flaming wings

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You’re like a lighthouse shining beside the sea of humanity, motionless: all you can see is your own reflection in the water. You’re alone, so you think it’s a vast, magnificent panorama. You haven’t sounded the depths. You simply believe in ...

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There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.

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Great artists have no country.

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One must not trifle with love.

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The return makes one love the farewell.

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Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

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How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.

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I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me.

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The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears.

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Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.

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With a kiss let us set out for an unknown world.

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Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives

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Author Bio

  • NameAlfred de Musset
  • DescriptionFrench writer
  • BornNovember 11, 1810
  • DiedMay 2, 1857
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Playwright; Literary; Novelist
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour