Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay, popularly known as Alfred de Musset, is undoubtedly one of the greatest icons of French medieval history. His immense contribution in the field of poetry and drama is indeed great. He is popularly known for his autobiographical work ‘The Confession of a Child of the Century’ (La Confession d'un enfant du siècle). He was a prominent figure in the literary movement of Romanticism which was prevalent all across Europe during the Renaissance period in medieval period. Various music composers such as Georges Bizet and Ruggero Leoncavallo brought Alfred’s work in poetry to life with vocals and piano at various operas. He received the French honor of ‘Légion d'honneur’ and was also elected to the prestigious Académie française. Despite his achievements, his work was heavily criticized due to lack of vision, obscenity and immorality. From the great mind which gave us snippets such as “Man is a pupil, pain is his teacher”, here are few other famous quotes from this genius in medieval history.
What I need is a woman who is something, anything: either very beautiful or very kind or in the last resort very wicked; very witty or very stupid, but something.
Look at the sun! It’s dry, it’s dead, it needs a drink, it wants blood! And I’ll give it blood!
Alfred de Musset
There are temptations more attractive than angels. Liberty, Patriotism, the good of humanity – words like that are the silver scales of the Tempter’s flaming wings
Your name, merely your name, floods my brain to a point of sweet disgust.
Alfred de Musset
He, that same man, after having abandoned her, finds her after a night of orgie, pale and leaden, forever lost, with hunger on her lips and prostitution in her heart.
