Quotes by : Alfred de Vigny

Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot....

Observe this fact: in the history of mankind, every ruler who has lacked personal greatness has been....

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

One is always a good master when one isn’t the master

Hope is the greatest madness. What can we expect of a world that we enter with the assurance of seeing....

I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge....

Not one little fellow need fear that he will be forbidden to pluck his shining grape from the cluster....

We have also set up for them an edifying project for a continuous mitigation of their own tyranny, ascribing....

Oh, I have a habit of letting myself be lectured on the things I know best. I like to see if they are....

I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should....