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Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.

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
Alfred Victor
comte de Vigny
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Beauty
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I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these words
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We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.
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Only silence is great all else is weakness.
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A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.
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Oh, I have a habit of letting myself be lectured on the things I know best. I like to see if they are understood in the same way I understand for there are many ways of knowing the same thing
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