Any cigar smoker is a friend, because I know how he feels. Alfred de Musset More Quotes by Alfred de Musset More Quotes From Alfred de Musset The soft contralto notes of a woman's voice are born in the immediate region of the heart. Alfred de Musset notes voice heart 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. Alfred de Musset flower eye heart 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 Alfred de Musset play heart love-is What I need is a woman who is something, anything: either very beautiful or very kind or in the last resort very wicked; very witty or very stupid, but something. Alfred de Musset stupid witty beautiful I see that you believe in love such as the poets and romancers have represented... The poets represent love as the sculptors design beauty, as the musicians create melody; that is to say, endowed with an exquisite nervous organization, they gather up with discerning ardor the purest elements of life, the most beautiful lines of matter, and the most harmonious voices of nature.... To try to find in real life such love as this, eternal and absolute, is the same thing as to seek on the public squares such a woman as Venus or to expect nightingales to sing the symphonies of Beethoven. Alfred de Musset real beautiful love I could not clearly distinguish what was passing in my head; it seemed to me that I was under the influence of a horrible dream and that I had but to awake to find myself cured; at times it seemed that my entire life had been a dream, ridiculous and childish, the falseness of which had just been disclosed. Alfred de Musset ridiculous self dream Man is a pupil, pain is his teacher. Alfred de Musset pain teacher men As all the perfumes of the vanished dayRise from the earth still moistened with the dewSo from my chastened soul beneath thy rayOld love is born anew. Alfred de Musset soul earth love-is The fumes of wine fermented in my head; it was one of those moments of intoxication when all that ones sees and hears, speaks to one of the adored.... One would willingly embrace all who smile, and one feels that he is brother of all who live. Alfred de Musset wine speak brother It is easy to promise, and alas! How easy to forget! Alfred de Musset easy forget promise Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. Alfred de Musset poetry memorable two Reason may cure illusions, but not suffering. Alfred de Musset illusion suffering may One must not trifle with love Alfred de Musset trifles love 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. Alfred de Musset yield wine thinking You’re like a lighthouse shining beside the sea of humanity, motionless: all you can see is your own reflection in the water. You’re alone, so you think it’s a vast, magnificent panorama. You haven’t sounded the depths. You simply believe in the beauty of God’s creation. But I have spent all this time in the water, diving deep into the howling ocean of life, deeper than anyone. While you were admiring the surface, I saw the shipwrecks, the drowned bodies, the monsters of the deep Alfred de Musset ocean believe thinking The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back. Alfred de Musset worst-enemy faces doe The costliest women are the ones who cost nothing. Alfred de Musset cost Partake of love as a temperate man partakes of wine; do not become intoxicated. Alfred de Musset intoxicated wine men [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? Alfred de Musset what-matters love men I have come too late into a world too old. Alfred de Musset late too-late world
