"What is a great life? It is the……" — Alfred de Vigny

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

— Alfred de Vigny

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42 Quotes by Alfred de Vigny

Alfred de Vigny has 42 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
Silence alone is great; all else is feebleness . . . Perform with all your heart your long and heavy…
An army is a nation within a nation, it is one of the vices of courage.
What is a great life if not a youthful idea executed by a man of mature years.
The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men.
Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.
Doubt is the freedom of thought. Any claim to truth can be doubted.
Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot…
What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals…
I love the majesty of human suffering.
On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.
We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as…

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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