Quotes by Alfred de Musset

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.
– Alfred de Musset
Great artists have no country.
– Alfred de Musset
How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.
– Alfred de Musset
I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me.
– Alfred de Musset
One must not trifle with love.
– Alfred de Musset
The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears.
– Alfred de Musset
The return makes one love the farewell.
– Alfred de Musset
There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.
– Alfred de Musset
Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.
– Alfred de Musset