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Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.
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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Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
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Doubt is the freedom of thought. Any claim to truth can be doubted.
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Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?
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