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

His mother was similarly accompliAlfred de Mussetd and her role as a society hostess - for example her drawing-room parties luncheons and dinners held in the Musset residence - left a lasting impression on young Alfred. By the time he reached the age of 20 his rising literary fame was already accompanied by a sulphurous reputation fed by his dandy side. Biography
Musset was born on 11 December 1810 in Paris.

Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (French pronunciation: ​[al. my'sɛ] ; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist poet and novelist. də.