All men are liars, inconstant, hollow, talkative, hypocrites, proud and cowards, contemptible and sensual; all woman are perfidious, artificial, vain… - Alfred de Musset

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All men are liars, inconstant, hollow, talkative, hypocrites, proud and cowards, contemptible and sensual; all woman are perfidious, artificial, vain, curious and depraved; the world is nothing but a bottomless sewer where the most shapeless seals crawl and wriggle on mountains of muck; but there one single thing in this world, saint and sublime, it’s the union of these two beings so imperfect and dreadful. We are often deceived in love, often wounded and often miserable; but we love, and when we are on of the verge of the grave, we look back, and we say: I often suffered, I erred sometimes: but I loved. It is me who lived and not a factitious being created by my pride and my boredom.

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About Alfred de Musset

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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Alternative Names: Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay Alfred De Musset Louis Charles Alfred Musset Alfred de Musset-Pathay Alfred Louis Charles de Musset

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Comment l’homme est-il assez insensé pour quitter cette vie tant qu’il n’a pas épuisé toutes ses chances de bonheur ? Celui qui perd sa fortune au jeu quitte-t-il le tapis tant qu’il lui reste une pièce d’or ? Une seule pièce peut lui rendre tout.

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