“The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives” WorldDoeGirlWifeFineTerribleOwnersMuseMistress Author:Alfred de Vigny
“I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these words” WorldShouldChildrenUseThis WorldTheoryHeroMonstersOnly ChildAllowance Author:Alfred de Vigny
“Hope is the greatest madness. What can we expect of a world that we enter with the assurance of seeing our fathers and mothers die? A world where, if two beings love each other and give their lives to each other, both can be sure that one will watch the other perish?” IfsWorldGivingTwoMotherDiesFatherWatchesSeeingMadnessAssuranceOur FatherLove Each Other Author:Alfred de Vigny
“The acts of the human race on the world's stage have doubtless a coherent unity, but the meaning of the vast tragedy enacted will be visible only to the eye of God, until the end, which will reveal it perhaps to the last man.” MenWorldHumansEndsEyeLastsRaceStageTragedyUnityHuman RaceVisible Book:Cinq Mars Source: Cinq Mars
