Henri Murger Quotes

Yet curiosity grabbed stubbornness by the throat and pimp-slapped it a few times. — Cecy Robson

As to my heart, since I have worn an eighty franc corset I do not hear it, and I am very much afraid that I have left it in one of Marcel's drawers. — Henri Murger

You see, my poor fellow, the hearts of women and she-cats are abysses that neither men nor toms will ever fathom. — Henri Murger

Art is a barren route, of which glory is the oasis. — Henri Murger

The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. — Henri Murger

The day is not over yet. You may still meet with Providence, who never gets up before noon. — Henri Murger

So you want me to go to a human orgy, where I will not be welcome, and you want us to leave before I get to enjoy myself? ~Eric Northman — Charlaine Harris

Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower,
We feel that we are greater than we know. — William Wordsworth

The good thing about breaking up is that you have nothing else to lose. — Sammy Hagar

Fear not because God is with you. — Pio Of Pietrelcina

As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him. — Chanakya

Study is the child of silence and mystery. — Henri Murger

I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes. — Cecil Taylor