“Not one little fellow need fear that he will be forbidden to pluck his shining grape from the cluster of political Power, that fruit reputed to be so full of wealth and glory. Can’t every gang become a club? and… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
The study of social progress is to-day not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature,… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but,… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
“We have also set up for them an edifying project for a continuous mitigation of their own tyranny, ascribing to them an unshakeable faith… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
France, for example, loves at the same time history and the drama, because the one explores the vast destinies of humanity, and the other… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
Hope is the greatest madness. What can we expect of a world that we enter with the assurance of seeing our fathers and mothers… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share
