Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life? — Alfred de Vigny
One might almost reckon mathematically that, having undergone the double composition of — Alfred de Vigny
From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given — Alfred de Vigny
Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction? — Alfred de Vigny
Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh — Alfred de Vigny
No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into — Alfred de Vigny
Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of france — Alfred de Vigny
But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life — Alfred de Vigny
Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life — Alfred de Vigny
We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at — Alfred de Vigny
The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart. — Alfred de Vigny
One might almost reckon mathematically that, having undergone the double composition — Alfred de Vigny
What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization — Alfred de Vigny