The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears.
About 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 siecle (The Confession of a Child of the Century).
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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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I cannot help it – in spite of myself, infinity torments me.
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Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.
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Things they don’t understand always cause a sensation among the English.
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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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There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.
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With a kiss let us set out for an unknown world.
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Great artists have no country.
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How glorious it is – and also how painful – to be an exception.
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