We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.
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No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into expressive and original phrase the eternal sentiments and yearnings of the human heart.Alfred de Vigny
Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?
Alfred de Vigny
Let us dream that once upon a time have lived men stronger and greater, who were more determined for good or for evil that does us good.
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
Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
Alfred de Vigny
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