Je suis venu trop tard dans un monde trop vieux. (I have come too late into a world too old.)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker feels disillusioned, believing they arrived in a world that has lost its vitality and potential.
- In plain terms
- I feel too late for a world that is already worn out.
- What can you take from it?
- Disillusionment can make you feel out of sync with your time.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does timing define opportunity?
- How do you cope with feeling out of place?
Another view
It assumes the world is declining rather than changing.
More from Alfred de Musset
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Permalink to quote #4 As all the perfumes of the vanished day Rise from the earth still moistened with the dew So from my chastened soul beneath thy ray Old love is born anew.
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