Alfred de Vigny Quotes

Alfred de Vigny — French Poet born on March 27, 1797, died on September 17, 1863

Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (March 27, 1797 in Loches - September 17, 1863 in Paris) was a French poet, playwright, and novelist. He was a major figure in the French Romantic movement... (wikipedia)

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?

Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

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

I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vast chain of events which his sight could not take in.

Alfred de Vigny Quotes

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