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Alfred de Musset Quotes

Alfred de Musset quotes

French Writer, Playwright, Poet December 11, 1810 – May 2, 1857

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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 Alfred de Musset
Then came upon a world in ruins an anxious youth. The children were drops of burning blood which had inundated the earth; they were born in the bosom of war, for war. For fifteen years they had dreamed of the snows of Moscow and of the sun of the Pyramids. Alfred de Musset
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. Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the..."
Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among..."
Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English. Alfred de Musset
he, that same man, after having abandoned her, finds her after a night of orgie, pale and leaden, forever lost, with hunger on her lips and prostitution in her heart. Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception."
How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception. Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "I deeply wished I could make the stars all come down and..."
I deeply wished I could make the stars all come down and breathe them; disappear in them Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "Look at the sun! It’s dry, it’s dead, it needs a drink, it..."
Look at the sun! It’s dry, it’s dead, it needs a drink, it wants blood! And I’ll give it blood! Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "Great artists have no country."
Great artists have no country. Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "With a kiss let us set out for an unknown world."
With a kiss let us set out for an unknown world. Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me."
I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me. Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest"
Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset quote: "Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives"
Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives Alfred de Musset

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