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The events I sought were never as great as I needed them to be.

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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Novelist
Playwright
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Alfred Victor de Vigny
Alfred Victor
comte de Vigny
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Events
Needed
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Never

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Only silence is great all else is weakness.
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Doubt is the freedom of thought. Any claim to truth can be doubted.
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Invisible is real. Souls have their own world.
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