I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me. Alfred de Musset More Quotes by Alfred de Musset More Quotes From Alfred de Musset It was one of those somber evenings when the sighing of the wind resembles the moans of a dying man; a storm was brewing, and between the splashes of rain on the windows there was the silence of death. All nature suffers in such moments; the trees writhe in pain and twist their heads; the birds of the fields cower under the bushes; the streets of cities are deserted. Alfred de Musset pain rain men Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English. Alfred de Musset sensations causes I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me. Alfred de Musset infinite helping ideas 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 wine beautiful love 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 curiosity past world Christianity ruined emperors, but saved peoples. Alfred de Musset emperor ruined christianity 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 moral fate pleasure A lively retrospect summons back to us once more our youth, with vivid reflex of its early joys and unstained pleasures. Alfred de Musset retrospect vivid joy Vanity and dignity are incompatible with each other; vain women are almost sure to be vulnerable. Alfred de Musset vanity dignity vulnerable
