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Oh! my friend, when you feel bursting on your lips the vow of eternal love, do not be afraid to yield, but do not confound wine with intoxication do not think the cup divine because the draft is of celestial flavor do not be astonished to find it broken and empty in the evening.

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
Librarian
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Paris
France
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
Alfred De Musset
Louis Charles Alfred Musset
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Alfred Louis Charles de Musset
Feel
Wine
Vow
Feels
Empty
Draft
Love
Eternal
Celestial
Think
Afraid
Flavor
Thinking
Broken
Yield
Confound
Friend
Cups
Intoxication
Divine
Evening
Astonished
Find
Lips
Bursting

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