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Quotes by Alfred Victor Vigny

Alfred Victor Vigny

“Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.”

“Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man”

“Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.”

“Let the poet always walk thus”

“Only silence is great; all else is weakness.”

“Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you”

“The true God, the mighty God, is the God of ideas”