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I love the majesty of human suffering.
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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A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.
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History is a novel for which the people is the author.
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Hope is the biggest of our foolish things.
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The events I sought were never as great as I needed them to be.
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Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
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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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France, for example, loves at the same time history and the drama, because the one explores the vast destinies of humanity, and the other the individual lot of man.
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The true God, the mighty God, is the God of ideas.
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Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you.
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The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives
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Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.
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Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.
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An army is a nation within a nation, it is one of the vices of courage.
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