Alfred de Musset Professions : DramatistBorn : December 11, 1810Died : May 2, 1857 Browse All Authors Quotes From Alfred de Musset I don't know where my road is going, but I know that I walk better when I hold your hand. Alfred de Musset walksknowshands With a kiss let us set out for an unknown world. Alfred de Musset unknown-worldshugkissing Life is a sleep, love is a dream; and you have lived if you have loved. Alfred de Musset dreamsleeplove The only truth is love beyond reason. Alfred de Musset truth-isreasonlove-is ... 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. Alfred de Musset sometimeslovelooks The only true language in the world is a kiss. Alfred de Musset kissingloveworld 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. Alfred de Musset intelligencetriumphperfection Take time as it comes, the wind as it blows, woman as she is. Alfred de Musset timeattitudeinspirational Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits. Alfred de Musset libertyrealideas How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception. Alfred de Musset painhumorouswisdom 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 one carries within him, an unknown world that is born and dies in silence! What solitudes all these human bodies are! Alfred de Musset unknown-worldsmenideas In my flowery dreams there's always you. I do not regret it one bit. Alfred de Musset bitsregretdream The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak. Alfred de Musset silencemouthsheart The glass I drink from is not large, but at least it is my own. Alfred de Musset originalitydrinkglasses life is a deep sleep of which love is the dream Alfred de Musset dreamsleeplove-is Great artists have no country. Alfred de Musset artistlifecountry Doubt, if you will, the being who loves you, Alfred de Musset doubtdoglove-you Memory is what makes us young or old. Alfred de Musset youngmemories Any cigar smoker is a friend, because I know how he feels. Alfred de Musset cigarknow-howfeels Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives Alfred de Musset romanticismadjectivesabuse Similar Authors Brian Friel dramatist Antoine-Marin Lemierre dramatist Aphra Behn dramatist Arnold Wesker dramatist Armand Salacrou dramatist Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza dramatistAll Authors