“ Hast thou found out, Voltaire, that it is bliss to die, And does thy hideous smile over thy bleached bones fly? Alfred de Musset
“ Perfection does not exist. To understand this is the triumph of human intelligence to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness. Alfred de Musset
“ To give you an idea of my state of mind I can not do better than compare it to one of those rooms we see nowadays in which are collected and mingled the furniture of all times and countries. Our age h… Alfred de Musset
“ Alas, everything that men say to one another is alike; the ideas they exchange are almost always the same, in their conversation. But inside all those isolated machines, what hidden recesses, what sec… Alfred de Musset
“ 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… Alfred de Musset
“ Look at the sun! It’s dry, it’s dead, it needs a drink, it wants blood! And I’ll give it blood! Alfred de Musset
“ There are temptations more attractive than angels. Liberty, Patriotism, the good of humanity – words like that are the silver scales of the Tempter’s flaming wings 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 Alfred de Musset
“ Is is true that dictators never dream because they can change their smallest fantasies into realities if they want to? Alfred de Musset
