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Dramatist

Alfred de Musset was a French dramatist and poet, born on December 11, 1810, in Paris, and died on May 2, 1857. Known for his romantic style, his works often depicted the contradictions of love and life, with notable plays including 'Thérèse' and 'La Muette de Portici'.

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“The life of a devotee is a crusade of which the heart is the Holy Land.”

Heart Land Holy Devotion Crusades Devotee Holy Land

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“The soft contralto notes of a woman's voice are born in the immediate region of the heart.”

Heart Voice Born Notes Regions

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“The heart that once has been your shrine for other loves is too divine”

Heart Has Beens Love Is Divine Shrines

Book:Poems [tr. by A. Lang, C. C. Hayden, Marie A. Clarke, George Santayana, Emily S. Forman

Source: Poems [tr. by A. Lang, C. C. Hayden, Marie A. Clarke, George Santayana, Emily S. Forman

“If love is a play, this play, as old as the world, fiasco or not, it is, all in all, the least bad thing that has so far been found. The roles are trite, I admit, but if the play had no value the whole universe wouldn’t know it by heart”

Ifs Knows World Heart Play Whole Values Universe Found Love Is Roles Bad Things Fiasco

Book:Comedies & proverbs

Source: Comedies & proverbs

“The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak.”

Heart Speak Silence Mouths Silent

Author:Alfred de Musset

“If you are weak, dependent upon others, inclined to allow yourself to be dominated by opinion, to take root wherever you see a little soil, make for yourself a shield that will resist everything, for if you yield to your weaker nature you will not grow, you will dry up like a dead plant, and you will bear neither fruit nor flowers.”

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Author:Alfred de Musset

About the Author

Born: December 11, 1810
Died: May 2, 1857
Known for: Dramatist
Quotes: 79

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The Confession of a Child of the CenturyRelated source material

Fantasio and other playsRelated source material

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On ne badine pas avec l'amourRelated source material

The confession of a child of the century tr. by Kendall WarrenRelated source material

Comedies, tr. by Raoul Pellissier, E. B. Thompson, Mary H. DeyRelated source material

Confession of a child of the centuryRelated source material

Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée : Suivi de Un capriceRelated source material

Le due amanti e altre novelleRelated source material

LorenzaccioRelated source material

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