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Alfred de Musset Quotes: Perfection does not exist. To understand this is the triumph of human intelligence to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.
         

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


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



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... but one loves, and when one is on the brink of death, one turns around to look backward, and one says to oneself: "I have often suffered, I have sometimes been wrong, but I have loved.

... but one loves, and when one is on the brink of death, one turns around to look backward, and one says to oneself: "I have often suffered, I have sometimes been wrong, but I have loved.



The only true language in the world is a kiss.

The only true language in the world is a kiss.



Take time as it comes, the wind as it blows, woman as she is.

Take time as it comes, the wind as it blows, woman as she is.



Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits.

Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits.



The only truth is love beyond reason.

The only truth is love beyond reason.





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