Alfred de Musset Quotes
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Perfection does not exist; to understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.
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What a frightful weapon is human thought! It is our defense and our safeguard, the most precious gift that God has made us. It is ours and it obeys us; we may launch it forth into space, but, once outside of our feeble brains, it is gone; we can no longer control it.
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The only truth is love beyond reason.
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... but one loves, and when one is on the brink of death, one turns around to look backward, and one says to oneself: "I have often suffered, I have sometimes been wrong, but I have loved.
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The return makes one love the farewell.
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Become corrupt, corrupt, and you will cease to suffer!" This has been the cry of all cities to man.
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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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Memory is what makes us young or old.
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If love is a play, this play, as old as the world, fiasco or not, it is, all in all, the least bad thing that has so far been found. The roles are trite, I admit, but if the play had no value the whole universe wouldn’t know it by heart.
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The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back.
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Disgrace is the synonym of discovery.
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In love matters; keep your pen from paper.
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Reason may cure illusions, but not suffering.
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Vanity and dignity are incompatible with each other; vain women are almost sure to be vulnerable.
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The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak.
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A happy memory is perhaps on this earth truer than happiness itself.
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Take love as a sober man takes wine; do not become a drunkard. If your mistress is sincere and faithful, love her for that; but if she is not, if she is merely young and beautiful, love her for that; if she is agreeable and spirituelle, love her for that; if she is none of these things but merely loves you, love her for that. Love does not come to us every day.
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In my flowery dreams there's always you. I do not regret it one bit.
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Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.
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Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits.