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"13 Alfred de Vigny Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 27 March 1797. Died: 17 September 1863 | Poet |

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

The arts The reproduction Imitation Life
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On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

The day Man Story Life
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Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Only silence Great Weakness
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History is a novel for which the people is the author.

History A novel People The author
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I love the majesty of human suffering.

Love The majesty Human suffering
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Invisible is real. Souls have their own world.

Invisible Real Souls Own world
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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

Among mankind Something imperishable Few sounds
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Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?

Descend Conscience Judge Minds
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Poetry is the disease of the brain.

Poetry Disease The pain
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Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Greatness Dream Youth Realized
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What is a great life but a youthful intention carried out in maturity?

Great life Youthful intention In maturity
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Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you.

Perform Heavy task Treading Fate
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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.

Troubled hearts Discard reigns Variance Common source
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Alfred de Vigny Quotes & Sayings