Quote by: Alfred de Musset

You’re like a lighthouse shining beside the sea of humanity, motionless: all you can see is your own reflection in the water. You’re alone, so you think it’s a vast, magnificent panorama. You haven’t sounded the depths. You simply believe in the beauty of God’s creation. But I have spent all this time in the water, diving deep into the howling ocean of life, deeper than anyone. While you were admiring the surface, I saw the shipwrecks, the drowned bodies, the monsters of the deep


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Author Bio


  • NameAlfred de Musset
  • DescriptionFrench writer
  • BornNovember 11, 1810
  • DiedMay 2, 1857
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Playwright; Literary; Novelist
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour