Happiness may have but one night, as glory but one day. Alfred de Musset More Quotes by Alfred de Musset More Quotes From Alfred de Musset Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English. Alfred de Musset sensationscauses I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me. Alfred de Musset infinitehelpingideas 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. Alfred de Musset winebeautifullove I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me. Alfred de Musset spiteinfinityhelping The apartments of the rich are cabinets of curiosities: a conglomeration of classical antiquity, gothic, renaissance; Louis XIII... Something from every century but our own, a predicament that has arisen in no other period... so that we seem to be subsisting on the ruins of the past, as if the end of the world were near. Alfred de Musset curiositypastworld Christianity ruined emperors, but saved peoples. Alfred de Musset emperorruinedchristianity Taxes are a universal burden in moral as well as in civil life. There is not a pleasure, social or otherwise, which is not assessed by fate at its full value! Alfred de Musset moralfatepleasure A lively retrospect summons back to us once more our youth, with vivid reflex of its early joys and unstained pleasures. Alfred de Musset retrospectvividjoy Vanity and dignity are incompatible with each other; vain women are almost sure to be vulnerable. Alfred de Musset vanitydignityvulnerable
