93 Quotes by Alfred De Musset

The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer.

The soft contralto notes of a woman’s voice are born in the immediate region of the heart.

One must not trifle with love.

Things they don’t understand always cause a sensation among the English.

I can’t help it, the idea of the infinite torments me.

Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives.

In my flowery dreams there’s always you. I do not regret it one bit.

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.

The heart that once has been your shrine for other loves is too divine.