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Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.
Alfred de Musset
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Alfred de Musset
Age: 46 †
Born: 1810
Born: December 11
Died: 1857
Died: May 2
Chess Composer
Dramatist
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Paris
France
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
Alfred De Musset
Louis Charles Alfred Musset
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Alfred Louis Charles de Musset
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I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me.
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The heart that once has been your shrine for other loves is too divine
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