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" "Mais quel bien fait le bruit, et qu’importe la gloire ?
Est-on plus ou moins mort quand on est embaumé ?
Qu’importe un écolier, sachant trois mots d’histoire,
Qui tire son bonnet devant une écritoire,
Ou salue en passant un marbre inanimé ?
Être admiré n’est rien ; l’affaire est d’être aimé.
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century).
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