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Alfred de Vigny Quotes

Alfred de Vigny quotes

French Poet March 27, 1797 – September 17, 1863

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Hope is the greatest madness. What can we expect of a world that we enter with the assurance of seeing our fathers and mothers die? A world where, if two beings love each other and give their lives to each other, both can be sure that one will watch the other perish? Alfred de Vigny
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. Alfred de Vigny
We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous. Alfred de Vigny
Alfred de Vigny quote: "But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure..."
But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity. Alfred de Vigny
Alfred de Vigny quote: "Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction..."
Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life? Alfred de Vigny
Alfred de Vigny quote: "On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history..."
On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born. Alfred de Vigny
Alfred de Vigny quote: "Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with..."
Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty. Alfred de Vigny
Those intellectuals are our natural enemies; the only kind who are worth anything are the musicians and the dancers: they don’t insult anybody with their performances, and they neither sing nor dance politics. So I like them; but don’t let me hear a word about the rest Alfred de Vigny
We have also set up for them an edifying project for a continuous mitigation of their own tyranny, ascribing to them an unshakeable faith in the triumph of virtue, as well as in the moral justification of their crimes. These are the theories of well-meaning children who see everything in black or white, dream of nothing but angels or demons, and have no idea of the incredible number of hypocritical masks of every color and shape and size which men use to conceal their features when they have... Alfred de Vigny
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 Alfred de Vigny
Alfred de Vigny quote: "Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes)..."
Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever. Alfred de Vigny
Alfred de Vigny quote: "Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an..."
Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil? Alfred de Vigny
Alfred de Vigny quote: "The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these..."
The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives Alfred de Vigny
From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own. Alfred de Vigny
The acts of the human race on the world's stage have doubtless a coherent unity, but the meaning of the vast tragedy enacted will be visible only to the eye of God, until the end, which will reveal it perhaps to the last man. Alfred de Vigny

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