How glorious it is—and also how painful—to be an exception.
—Alfred de Musset
Memory is what makes us young or old.
—Alfred de Musset
Topics: One liners
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
Topics: Perfection
Experience is the name men give to their follies or their sorrows.
—Alfred de Musset
Topics: Experience
It is easy to promise, and alas! how easy to forget!
—Alfred de Musset
Topics: Promise
There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.
—Alfred de Musset
Topics: Sorrow
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