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The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives

Alfred de Vigny

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Alfred de Vigny
Age: 66 †
Born: 1797
Born: March 27
Died: 1863
Died: September 17
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Alfred Victor de Vigny
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Silence alone is great all else is feebleness . . . Perform with all your heart your long and heavy task. . . . Then as do I, say naught, but suffer and die.
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What is a great life? It is the dreams of youth realised in old age.
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