Alfred de Musset, fully Alfred Louis Charles de Musset

Disgrace is the synonym of discovery.

Perfection does not exist. To understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to desire to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.

Life is a sleep, love is a dream; and you have lived if you have loved.

Memory is what makes us young or old.

Reason may cure illusions, but not suffering.

Vanity and dignity are incompatible with each other.

How glorious it is - and how painful also - to be an exception.