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Alfred De Vigny quotes: The first among mankind will always be those who make something imperishable out of a sheet of paper, a canvas, a piece of marble, or a few sounds

The first among mankind will always be those who make something imperishable out of a sheet of paper, a canvas, a piece of marble, or a few sounds

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Honour is manly decency. The shame of being found wanting in it means everything to us. Is this, then, the indefinable, the sacred thing?

Honour is manly decency. The shame of being found wanting in it means everything to us. Is this, then, the indefinable, the sacred thing?

Alfred De Vigny quotes: 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

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

Alfred De Vigny quotes: One is always a good master when one isn't the master

One is always a good master when one isn't the master

Alfred De Vigny quotes: But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.

But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us?

What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us?

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.

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

Alfred De Vigny quotes: On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: History is a novel for which the people is the author.

History is a novel for which the people is the author.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: What is a great life? It is the dreams of youth realised in old age.

What is a great life? It is the dreams of youth realised in old age.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart.

The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Invisible is real. Souls have their own world.

Invisible is real. Souls have their own world.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men.

The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch.

The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: The events I sought were never as great as I needed them to be.

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

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.

We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Hope is the biggest of our foolish things.

Hope is the biggest of our foolish things.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?

Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Poetry is the disease of the brain.

Poetry is the disease of the brain.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives

The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives

Alfred De Vigny quotes: The true God, the mighty God, is the God of ideas.

The true God, the mighty God, is the God of ideas.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: I love the majesty of human suffering.

I love the majesty of human suffering.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?

Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?

Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?

Alfred De Vigny quotes: What is a great life but a youthful intention carried out in maturity?

What is a great life but a youthful intention carried out in maturity?

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you.

Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.

Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.

Alfred De Vigny quotes: Every man has seen the wall that limits his mind.

Every man has seen the wall that limits his mind.