Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathaywas a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 December 1810
CountryFrance
letters matter paper
In love matters; keep your pen from paper.
cost
The costliest women are the ones who cost nothing.
flower heart eye
If you are weak, dependent upon others, inclined to allow yourself to be dominated by opinion, to take root wherever you see a little soil, make for yourself a shield that will resist everything, for if you yield to your weaker nature you will not grow, you will dry up like a dead plant, and you will bear neither fruit nor flowers. The sap of your life will dissipate into the formation of a useless bark; all your actions will be as colorless as the leaves of the willow; you will have no tears to water you, but those from your own eyes, to nourish you, no heart but your own.
wine thinking yield
Oh! my friend, when you feel bursting on your lips the vow of eternal love, do not be afraid to yield, but do not confound wine with intoxication; do not think the cup divine because the draft is of celestial flavor; do not be astonished to find it broken and empty in the evening.
love men what-matters
[I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or joyous, deceived or respected; but be sure you are loved, for what matters the rest?
love beautiful wine
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.
promise forget easy
It is easy to promise, and alas! How easy to forget!
infinity helping spite
I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me.
wine men intoxicated
Partake of love as a temperate man partakes of wine; do not become intoxicated.
life country artist
Great artists have no country.
worst-enemy faces doe
The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back.
sadness sad-life sorrow
There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.
causes sensations
Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.
christianity emperor ruined
Christianity ruined emperors, but saved peoples.