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

With a kiss let us set out for an unknown world.
Alfred de Musset